Australia vs Brazil: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas
Australia
0.003 °C
in 2024
Brazil
0.0037 °C
in 2024
Australia rank
6th
Brazil rank
5th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas over time
- Australia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.0037 °C against 0.003 °C in Australia, a difference of 0.0007 °C.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 6th and Brazil ranks 5th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 16 and Brazil in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Australia |
| 1860s | 0.0001 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Australia |
| 1870s | 0.0001 °C | 0 °C | 0.0001 °C | Australia |
| 1880s | 0.0002 °C | 0 °C | 0.0001 °C | Australia |
| 1890s | 0.0002 °C | 0 °C | 0.0002 °C | Australia |
| 1900s | 0.0003 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0.0003 °C | Australia |
| 1910s | 0.0004 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0.0003 °C | Australia |
| 1920s | 0.0005 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0.0004 °C | Australia |
| 1930s | 0.0006 °C | 0.0002 °C | 0.0004 °C | Australia |
| 1940s | 0.0007 °C | 0.0002 °C | 0.0005 °C | Australia |
| 1950s | 0.0009 °C | 0.0003 °C | 0.0006 °C | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.0011 °C | 0.0005 °C | 0.0006 °C | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.0014 °C | 0.0008 °C | 0.0006 °C | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.0017 °C | 0.0011 °C | 0.0005 °C | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.002 °C | 0.0016 °C | 0.0004 °C | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.0023 °C | 0.0022 °C | 0.0002 °C | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.0027 °C | 0.0029 °C | 0.0002 °C | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.0029 °C | 0.0035 °C | 0.0006 °C | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas, Australia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 0.0037 °C against 0.003 °C in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas between Australia and Brazil?
- 0.0007 °C, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas?
- Australia ranks 6th and Brazil ranks 5th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in °C.