Global Carbon Project fossil CO₂ emissions: Australia

Total Fossil CO₂

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
100
200
300
400
500 Mt CO₂
  • Total

CO₂ from Coal

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
100
200
300
400
500 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Coal

CO₂ from Oil

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
100
200
300
400
500 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Oil

CO₂ from Gas

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
100
200
300
400
500 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Gas

CO₂ from Flaring

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
100
200
300
400
500 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Flaring

Cement (Process CO₂ Emissions)

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
100
200
300
400
500 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Cement

Other CO₂ (Other carbonates)

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
100
200
300
400
500 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Other

Per Capita CO₂

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2000
0
5
10
15
20 t CO₂/capita
  • Per Capita
Source: GCB Fossil 2024v18

Data and Sources

Year TotalCoalOilGasFlaringCementOtherPer Capita
2023 383.0
142.7
141.6
74.64
17.14
2.818
4.115
14.49
2022 384.4
146.1
133.8
80.41
17.14
2.818
4.115
14.68
2021 389.0
151.9
134.7
80.07
15.41
2.900
4.066
15.01
2020 399.2
156.7
135.4
83.22
17.28
2.820
3.773
15.55
2019 415.8
165.0
143.4
80.30
20.21
3.040
3.899
16.40
2018 415.6
169.4
144.0
78.35
16.94
2.942
3.930
16.64
2017 413.8
176.9
139.8
75.23
14.87
3.019
3.930
16.83
2016 410.4
179.6
137.7
73.80
12.45
2.931
3.945
16.96
2015 401.5
174.2
138.0
71.37
10.84
3.076
4.058
16.86
2014 392.7
168.1
137.5
70.59
9.281
3.138
4.037
16.73
2013 399.1
176.4
137.3
69.64
8.855
3.294
3.602
17.27
2012 406.2
189.2
133.7
67.70
8.295
3.518
3.848
17.87
2011 403.9
192.1
129.8
66.46
7.883
3.496
4.077
18.06
2010 405.1
200.6
124.6
64.25
8.194
3.549
4.039
18.40
2009 407.1
206.1
122.4
63.09
7.969
3.829
3.769
18.79
2008 404.8
204.7
122.9
61.74
7.484
3.863
4.131
19.05
2007 399.5
203.6
119.3
61.01
7.505
3.972
4.113
19.18
2006 392.4
204.4
117.4
55.78
7.046
3.888
3.883
19.17
2005 386.2
200.7
116.5
54.46
6.915
3.664
3.920
19.14
2004 383.2
202.2
113.7
52.83
6.858
3.555
3.943
19.23
2003 369.6
195.4
109.7
49.91
7.158
3.584
3.924
18.76
2002 362.5
191.1
105.5
50.59
8.007
3.488
3.853
18.61
2001 357.8
190.1
103.2
49.33
8.173
3.541
3.488
18.59
2000 350.0
185.8
102.7
46.61
7.953
3.621
3.378
18.40
1999 344.0
183.2
100.8
45.56
7.165
3.520
3.669
18.29
1998 334.1
177.6
99.14
43.51
6.902
3.475
3.496
17.96
1997 320.3
167.7
98.38
41.09
6.688
3.185
3.307
17.40
1996 311.9
160.4
98.66
39.78
6.761
3.244
3.103
17.13
1995 305.1
155.7
96.07
39.85
7.061
3.358
2.988
16.94
1994 293.7
151.4
91.85
37.03
6.880
3.484
3.074
16.49
1993 288.9
150.1
90.32
35.67
7.137
3.005
2.648
16.38
1992 284.5
150.0
87.85
33.97
7.304
2.923
2.434
16.29
1991 279.5
146.1
88.18
32.79
7.001
3.183
2.304
16.19
1990 278.2
141.9
88.78
34.45
7.273
3.463
2.316
16.32
1989 256.8
141.1
81.44
30.35
0.5349
3.380
-
15.29
1988 240.7
130.4
77.21
29.69
0.3481
3.136
-
14.57
1987 234.6
126.1
76.35
28.97
0.2565
2.878
-
14.43
1986 224.0
118.8
73.95
28.09
0.3188
2.908
-
13.99
1985 224.6
119.3
71.91
30.15
0.3517
2.891
-
14.23
1984 217.5
109.1
81.41
24.05
0.2748
2.683
-
13.96
1983 207.6
105.1
76.89
22.79
0.4397
2.377
-
13.50
1982 218.0
107.6
85.06
22.53
-
2.823
-
14.37
1981 213.8
104.8
85.68
20.36
-
2.954
-
14.32
1980 204.4
101.8
82.22
17.67
-
2.652
-
13.90
1979 192.3
94.77
79.69
15.29
-
2.581
-
13.24
1978 191.1
93.31
81.48
13.80
-
2.459
-
13.31
1977 181.9
90.49
77.90
11.05
-
2.474
-
12.82
1976 169.8
84.60
73.45
9.259
-
2.494
-
12.10
1975 173.1
84.33
77.93
8.369
-
2.473
-
12.47
1974 166.2
79.20
76.71
7.709
-
2.568
-
12.12
1973 170.1
79.03
82.04
6.485
-
2.591
-
12.59
1972 153.6
74.00
71.32
5.844
-
2.436
-
11.55
1971 151.1
72.75
71.95
4.100
-
2.314
-
11.63
1970 147.9
74.67
68.20
2.755
-
2.228
-
11.74
1969 136.4
72.27
61.53
0.4873
-
2.130
-
11.12
1968 128.8
70.86
55.96
0.01099
-
1.941
-
10.71
1967 122.3
68.54
51.84
0.007328
-
1.890
-
10.35
1966 115.7
66.92
46.99
0.007328
-
1.817
-
9.984
1965 113.6
63.81
47.91
0.007328
-
1.879
-
10.00
1964 103.5
61.80
39.94
0.007328
-
1.792
-
9.302
1963 96.00
58.79
35.66
0.007328
-
1.541
-
8.793
1962 90.91
57.57
31.88
0.003664
-
1.450
-
8.487
1961 87.01
56.48
29.12
0
-
1.414
-
8.282
1960 87.44
58.93
27.14
-
-
1.381
-
8.501
1959 83.07
56.69
25.09
-
-
1.294
-
8.253
1958 77.94
52.66
24.07
-
-
1.214
-
7.910
1957 75.48
51.63
22.71
-
-
1.148
-
7.826
1956 75.48
51.24
23.18
-
-
1.058
-
8.005
1955 71.97
51.25
19.73
-
-
0.9849
-
7.814
1954 67.94
51.13
15.86
-
-
0.9449
-
7.546
1953 63.04
48.23
14.01
-
-
0.7887
-
7.148
1952 62.45
47.03
14.75
-
-
0.6723
-
7.234
1951 61.12
46.10
14.41
-
-
0.6106
-
7.259
1950 55.74
44.07
11.04
-
-
0.6324
-
6.816
1949 48.06
37.12
10.42
0
-
0.5306
-
5.989
1948 47.01
37.91
8.592
0
-
0.5088
-
5.961
1947 44.78
37.57
6.763
0
-
0.4434
-
5.769
1946 42.74
35.06
7.320
0
-
0.3634
-
5.596
1945 39.16
32.35
6.465
0
-
0.3489
-
5.210
1944 41.03
33.99
6.818
0
-
0.2181
-
5.547
1943 41.19
34.79
6.204
0
-
0.1962
-
5.659
1942 42.03
36.22
5.525
0
-
0.2798
-
5.867
1941 39.33
34.20
4.790
0
-
0.3416
-
5.572
1940 35.35
28.69
6.308
0
-
0.3488
-
5.073
1939 37.98
31.80
5.842
0
-
0.3380
-
5.515
1938 33.70
27.86
5.661
0
-
0.1781
-
4.942
1937 33.76
28.49
4.901
0
-
0.3634
-
4.992
1936 31.51
26.73
4.465
0
-
0.3235
-
4.701
1935 28.96
24.95
3.730
0
-
0.2762
-
4.356
1934 26.21
22.49
3.512
0
-
0.2072
-
3.976
1933 24.78
21.42
3.202
0
-
0.1599
-
3.792
1932 23.05
20.22
2.709
0
-
0.1236
-
3.557
1931 22.55
19.35
3.006
0
-
0.1963
-
3.517
1930 25.90
21.68
3.871
0
-
0.3489
-
4.090
1929 26.91
23.30
3.254
0
-
0.3562
-
4.311
1928 29.02
25.91
2.732
0
-
0.3780
-
4.728
1927 31.27
28.89
2.375
0
-
-
-
5.192
1926 29.59
27.85
1.733
0
-
-
-
5.006
1925 29.63
28.23
1.397
0
-
-
-
5.109
1924 28.19
27.07
1.121
0
-
-
-
4.953
1923 25.68
24.85
0.8351
0
-
-
-
4.598
1922 24.92
24.34
0.5780
0
-
-
-
4.547
1921 23.79
23.15
0.6325
0
-
-
-
4.423
1920 26.31
25.73
0.5738
0
-
-
-
4.988
1919 22.19
21.74
0.4468
0
-
-
-
4.290
1918 23.36
22.94
0.4243
0
-
-
-
4.609
1917 21.33
20.76
0.5743
0
-
-
-
4.295
1916 19.85
19.27
0.5810
0
-
-
-
4.078
1915 22.27
21.79
0.4759
0
-
-
-
4.666
1914 24.92
24.48
0.4433
0
-
-
-
5.328
1913 22.80
22.39
0.4106
0
-
-
-
4.973
1912 21.21
20.79
0.4253
0
-
-
-
4.720
1911 19.53
19.24
0.2871
0
-
-
-
4.429
1910 17.71
17.44
0.2700
0
-
-
-
4.090
1909 14.58
14.33
0.2502
0
-
-
-
3.427
1908 16.79
16.56
0.2271
0
-
-
-
4.012
1907 15.49
15.26
0.2228
0
-
-
-
3.758
1906 14.36
14.18
0.1784
0
-
-
-
3.538
1905 12.05
11.87
0.1847
0
-
-
-
3.016
1904 11.54
11.38
0.1672
0
-
-
-
2.934
1903 11.22
11.05
0.1738
0
-
-
-
2.897
1902 11.40
11.29
0.1100
0
-
-
-
2.986
1901 11.44
11.20
0.2345
0
-
-
-
3.046
1900 10.17
10.05
0.1209
0
-
-
-
2.753
1899 8.697
8.576
0.1209
0
-
-
-
2.395
1898 8.514
8.514
0
0
-
-
-
2.387
1897 7.907
7.907
0
0
-
-
-
2.258
1896 7.167
7.167
0
0
-
-
-
2.085
1895 6.751
6.751
0
0
-
-
-
2.000
1894 6.522
6.522
0
0
-
-
-
1.968
1893 5.773
5.773
0
0
-
-
-
1.774
1892 6.460
6.460
0
0
-
-
-
2.022
1891 6.885
6.885
0
0
-
-
-
2.201
1890 5.451
5.451
0
0
-
-
-
1.786
1889 6.250
6.250
0
0
-
-
-
2.106
1888 5.609
5.609
0
0
-
-
-
1.949
1887 5.023
5.023
0
0
-
-
-
1.807
1886 4.829
4.829
0
0
-
-
-
1.798
1885 4.871
4.871
0
0
-
-
-
1.877
1884 4.532
4.532
0
0
-
-
-
1.808
1883 4.147
4.147
0
0
-
-
-
1.712
1882 3.450
3.450
0
0
-
-
-
1.474
1881 2.905
2.905
0
0
-
-
-
1.282
1880 2.417
2.417
0
0
-
-
-
1.098
1879 2.578
2.578
0
0
-
-
-
1.203
1878 2.562
2.562
0
0
-
-
-
1.224
1877 2.372
2.372
0
0
-
-
-
1.158
1876 2.158
2.158
0
0
-
-
-
1.076
1875 2.143
2.143
0
0
-
-
-
1.091
1874 2.126
2.126
0
0
-
-
-
1.105
1873 1.931
1.931
0
0
-
-
-
1.025
1872 1.637
1.637
0
0
-
-
-
0.8875
1871 1.441
1.441
0
0
-
-
-
0.7993
1870 1.402
1.402
0
0
-
-
-
0.7969
1869 1.465
1.465
0
0
-
-
-
0.8539
1868 1.532
1.532
0
0
-
-
-
0.9181
1867 1.240
1.240
0
0
-
-
-
0.7647
1866 1.280
1.280
0
0
-
-
-
0.8126
1865 0.9735
0.9735
0
0
-
-
-
0.6362
1864 0.9032
0.9032
0
0
-
-
-
0.6075
1863 0.7205
0.7205
0
0
-
-
-
0.4989
1862 0.7876
0.7876
0
0
-
-
-
0.5614
1861 0.5606
0.5606
0
0
-
-
-
0.4150
1860 0.5998
0.5998
0
0
-
-
-
0.4655
1859 0.4849
0.4849
0
0
0
-
-
0.3984
1858 0.3405
0.3405
0
0
0
-
-
0.2991
1857 0.3311
0.3311
0
0
0
-
-
0.3145
1856 0.2989
0.2989
0
0
0
-
-
0.3070
1855 0.2157
0.2157
0
0
0
-
-
0.2396
1854 0.1835
0.1835
0
0
0
-
-
0.2205
1853 0.1523
0.1523
0
0
0
-
-
0.1979
1852 0.1061
0.1061
0
0
0
-
-
0.1490
1851 0.1064
0.1064
0
0
0
-
-
0.1604
1850 0.1121
0.1121
0
0
0
-
-
0.1800
1849 0.07634
0.07634
0
0
0
-
-
0.1295
1848 0.07151
0.07151
0
0
0
-
-
0.1270
1847 0.06409
0.06409
0
0
0
-
-
0.1180
1846 0.06131
0.06131
0
0
0
-
-
0.1171
1845 0.03513
0.03513
0
0
0
-
-
0.06959
1844 0.03637
0.03637
0
0
0
-
-
0.07474
1843 0.04069
0.04069
0
0
0
-
-
0.08672
1842 0.06278
0.06278
0
0
0
-
-
0.1388
1841 0.05482
0.05482
0
0
0
-
-
0.1254
1840 0.04761
0.04761
0
0
0
-
-
0.1124
1839 0.03349
0.03349
0
0
0
-
-
0.08142
1838 0.02709
0.02709
0
0
0
-
-
0.06766
1837 0.02531
0.02531
0
0
0
-
-
0.06473
1836 0.01990
0.01990
0
0
0
-
-
0.05214
1835 0.01950
0.01950
0
0
0
-
-
0.05234
1834 0.01336
0.01336
0
0
0
-
-
0.03674
1833 0.01072
0.01072
0
0
0
-
-
0.03019
1832 0.01124
0.01124
0
0
0
-
-
0.03243
1831 0.001421
0.001421
0
0
0
-
-
0.004180
1830 0.005748
0.005748
0
0
0
-
-
0.01715
1829 0.006031
0.006031
0
0
0
-
-
0.01816
1828 0.003786
0.003786
0
0
0
-
-
0.01144
1827 0.005902
0.005902
0
0
0
-
-
0.01782
1826 0.006360
0.006360
0
0
0
-
-
0.01918
1825 0.002870
0.002870
0
0
0
-
-
0.008644
1824 0.004720
0.004720
0
0
0
-
-
0.01420
1823 0.004720
0.004720
0
0
0
-
-
0.01418
1822 0.003934
0.003934
0
0
0
-
-
0.01180
1821 0.003147
0.003147
0
0
0
-
-
0.009483
1820 0.006160
0.006160
0
0
0
-
-
0.01874
1819 0.003540
0.003540
0
0
0
-
-
0.01093
1818 0.001888
0.001888
0
0
0
-
-
0.005947
1817 0.002045
0.002045
0
0
0
-
-
0.006609
1816 0.002281
0.002281
0
0
0
-
-
0.007564
1815 0.002753
0.002753
0
0
0
-
-
0.009365
1814 0.003451
0.003451
0
0
0
-
-
0.01204
1813 0.002832
0.002832
0
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0
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0.01014
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0.002203
0
0
0
-
-
0.008091
1811 0.002203
0.002203
0
0
0
-
-
0.008302
1810 0.001259
0.001259
0
0
0
-
-
0.004867
1809 0.001259
0.001259
0
0
0
-
-
0.004997
1808 0.0007870
0.0007870
0
0
0
-
-
0.003204
1807 0.0006290
0.0006290
0
0
0
-
-
0.002630
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0.0006610
0
0
0
-
-
0.002833
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0.0002360
0
0
0
-
-
0.001038
1804 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1803 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1802 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1801 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1800 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1799 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1798 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1797 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1796 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1795 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1794 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1793 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1792 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1791 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1790 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1789 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1788 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1787 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1786 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1785 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1784 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1783 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1782 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1781 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1780 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1779 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1778 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1777 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1776 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1775 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1774 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1773 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1772 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1771 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1770 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1769 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1768 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1767 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1766 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1765 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1764 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1763 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1762 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1761 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1760 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1759 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1758 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1757 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1756 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1755 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1754 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1753 0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
1752 0
-
0
0
0
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0
0
0
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1750 0
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0
0
0
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-
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