Australia vs Canada: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 4.89 Mt CO2e against 2.79 Mt CO2e in Australia, a difference of 2.1 Mt CO2e.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.8 times Australia's.
Across all 55 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 9th and Canada ranks 7th of 109 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2899 Mt CO2e | 0.7725 Mt CO2e | 0.4826 Mt CO2e | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.3881 Mt CO2e | 1.52 Mt CO2e | 1.13 Mt CO2e | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.8615 Mt CO2e | 1.8 Mt CO2e | 0.934 Mt CO2e | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.51 Mt CO2e | 2.24 Mt CO2e | 0.7294 Mt CO2e | Canada |
| 2010s | 2.21 Mt CO2e | 3.46 Mt CO2e | 1.25 Mt CO2e | Canada |
| 2020s | 2.88 Mt CO2e | 4.31 Mt CO2e | 1.43 Mt CO2e | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from agriculture, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 4.89 Mt CO2e against 2.79 Mt CO2e in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from agriculture between Australia and Canada?
- 2.1 Mt CO2e, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from agriculture?
- Australia ranks 9th and Canada ranks 7th of 109 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agricultural sector. This includes emissions from livestock (IPCC 2006 codes 3.A.1 (enteric fermentation, 3.a.2 (manure management) and crops (IPCC 2006 codes 3.C.1 Emissions from biomass burning, 3.C.2 Liming, 3.C.3 Urea application, 3.C.4 Direct N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.5 Indirect N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.6 Indirect N2O Emissions from manure management, 3.C.7 Rice cultivations). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).