World Bank · Climate

Australia: CO2 emissions

15.24metric tons · 2019-16.4% since 2009

Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Annual figures for Australia from 1990 to 2019.

19902019

Every year

YearValue (metric tons)Note
201915.238
201815.494
201715.818
201615.915
201515.863
201415.83
201316.442
201217.022
201117.295
201017.59
200918.223
200818.304
200718.521
200618.141
200518.146
200418.175
200317.722
200217.982
200117.805
200017.723
199917.632
199817.563
199716.625
199616.428
199516.057
199415.692
199315.455
199215.342
199115.318
199015.448

Source

Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

World Bank (2026). CO2 emissions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-co2-emissions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

CSV, all countriesJSON, AustraliaAPI and MCP

CO2 emissions in other countries

Rank Australia against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Australia: CO2 emissions (1990–2019) · Interva