TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇦🇺 Australia
World rank #12 · Oceania · Same as 176 million cars driven for a year
176 million
cars driven for a year
810 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +0.5%/yr
Australia ranks #12 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 810 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.OceaniaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#12 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
104Origin Energy Ltd= 3.3M cars/yr15.2 Mt CO₂eNEW116Stanwell Corp Ltd= 4.3M cars/yr19.7 Mt CO₂eNEW122AGL Macquarie Pty Ltd= 3.5M cars/yr16.2 Mt CO₂eNEW141EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd= 3.4M cars/yr15.7 Mt CO₂eNEW162Alcoa Corp= 3.3M cars/yr15.3 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (34)
178AGL Loy Yang Pty Ltd= 3.1M cars/yr14.2 Mt CO₂eNEW283South32 Ltd= 2.2M cars/yr9.9 Mt CO₂eNEW334Alinta Energy Pty Ltd= 1.8M cars/yr8.5 Mt CO₂eNEW417Rio Tinto Ltd= 1.4M cars/yr6.6 Mt CO₂eNEW425NRG Gladstone Operating Services Pty Ltd= 1.4M cars/yr6.3 Mt CO₂eNEW470Sunset Power International Pty Ltd= 1.4M cars/yr6.5 Mt CO₂eNEW514Electricity Retail and Generation Corp= 1.1M cars/yr4.9 Mt CO₂eNEW526Millmerran Power Management Pty Ltd= 1.2M cars/yr5.4 Mt CO₂eNEW531CS Energy Ltd= 949k cars/yr4.4 Mt CO₂eNEW532CS Energy Ltd= 949k cars/yr4.4 Mt CO₂eNEW550BlueScope Steel Ltd= 1.1M cars/yr5 Mt CO₂eNEW571Ulan Coal Mines Ltd= 855k cars/yr3.9 Mt CO₂eNEW611Gear M Illawarra Met Coal Pty Ltd= 821k cars/yr3.8 Mt CO₂eNEW651Grosvenor= 723k cars/yr3.3 Mt CO₂eNEW653Hunter Valley Energy Coal Pty Ltd= 653k cars/yr3 Mt CO₂eNEW671Coal & Allied Industries Pty Ltd= 503k cars/yr2.3 Mt CO₂eNEW682Maules Creek Joint Venture= 793k cars/yr3.6 Mt CO₂eNEW724Kestrel Coal Resources Pty Ltd= 581k cars/yr2.7 Mt CO₂eNEW727Mt Owen Pty Ltd= 590k cars/yr2.7 Mt CO₂eNEW745Glencore PLC= 545k cars/yr2.5 Mt CO₂eNEW861Moolarben Coal Operations Pty Ltd= 374k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW869Sev.en Global Investments AS= 444k cars/yr2 Mt CO₂eNEW902BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd= 603k cars/yr2.8 Mt CO₂eNEW907Bulga Coal Management Pty Ltd= 402k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW908Ravensworth Operations Pty Ltd= 395k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW939Coronado Global Resources Inc= 376k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW950Bravus Mining and Resources= 391k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW972Malabar Resources Ltd= 373k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW994BHP Mitsubishi Alliance= 841k cars/yr3.9 Mt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roper Gulf Shire | Forestry & Land | 47.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Barkly Shire | Forestry & Land | 42.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Manjimup Shire | Forestry & Land | 35.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Cook Shire | Forestry & Land | 31.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Victoria-Daly Shire | Forestry & Land | 25 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Tablelands Region | Forestry & Land | 24.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Australia_Bowen - Surat_LNG | Fossil Fuels | 23.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Central Highlands Region | Forestry & Land | 22 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Victoria-Daly Shire | Forestry & Land | 20.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Roper Gulf Shire | Forestry & Land | 19.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire | Forestry & Land | 18.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| West Arnhem Shire | Forestry & Land | 17.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Bayswater power station | Power | 16.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| East Arnhem Shire | Forestry & Land | 15.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Eraring power station | Power | 15.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population