🇦🇺 Australia
How green is the average person in Australia?
Among the highest emitters per person
Australia emits 14.5 tCO2 per person per year — 3.1× the world average and 6.3× the Paris-aligned 2030 target. Ranked 5 of 51 countries by per-capita emissions.
Per-capita CO2
14.5 tCO2
per person, per year
Total emissions
377 Mt
26.0M people
Electricity grid
510 g/kWh
CO2 per kWh of electricity
How Australia's emissions changed over time
Australia per-capita emissions peaked at 18.2 tCO2 in 2000. Today: 14.5 tCO2. That's a 69% rise since 1960. The world average over the same period went from 3.1 tCO2 in 1960 to 4.7 tCO2 today.
Calculate your own footprint in Australia
Diet, driving, flying, heating. We turn your lifestyle into tonnes of CO2 per year and compare it to Australia's average.
Step 1 of 4Diet
Tell us about your year
Four short steps. Skip what you do not know. Defaults reflect a typical lifestyle in your country.
What do you eat in a typical week?
Diet is around a fifth of a typical footprint in rich countries. Animal protein dominates the impact.
Anchor: world average 4.7 tCO2/yr · Paris-aligned 2030: 2.3 tCO2/yr.