Azerbaijan vs Taiwan: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Azerbaijan
-2.92 million tonnes
in 2024
Taiwan
-4.78 million tonnes
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
200th
Taiwan rank
203rd
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Azerbaijan
- Taiwan
How they compare
Azerbaijan currently reports -2.92 million tonnes against -4.78 million tonnes in Taiwan, a difference of 1.86 million tonnes.
The two have swapped places 52 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Azerbaijan ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 200th and Taiwan ranks 203rd of 215 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 10 and Taiwan in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1850s | 391 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 391 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1860s | 4,071 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 4,071 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1870s | 11,178 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 11,178 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1880s | 15,976 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 15,976 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1890s | 56,558 tonnes | 8,061 tonnes | 48,497 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1900s | 42,525 tonnes | 40,670 tonnes | 1,854 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1910s | -85,626 tonnes | 242,190 tonnes | 327,816 tonnes | Taiwan |
| 1920s | 106,555 tonnes | 128,240 tonnes | 21,685 tonnes | Taiwan |
| 1930s | 384,778 tonnes | 298,982 tonnes | 85,796 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1940s | 267,996 tonnes | -270,889 tonnes | 538,885 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1950s | 1.03 million tonnes | 651,879 tonnes | 379,456 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1960s | 1.14 million tonnes | 1.53 million tonnes | 387,082 tonnes | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 1.49 million tonnes | 4.95 million tonnes | 3.46 million tonnes | Taiwan |
| 1980s | 691,066 tonnes | 3.92 million tonnes | 3.23 million tonnes | Taiwan |
| 1990s | -2.28 million tonnes | 9.30 million tonnes | 11.58 million tonnes | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 28,099 tonnes | 4.50 million tonnes | 4.47 million tonnes | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 864,999 tonnes | 2.17 million tonnes | 1.30 million tonnes | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 415,516 tonnes | -2.47 million tonnes | 2.89 million tonnes | Azerbaijan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Azerbaijan or Taiwan?
- Azerbaijan, at -2.92 million tonnes against -4.78 million tonnes in Taiwan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Azerbaijan and Taiwan?
- 1.86 million tonnes, with Azerbaijan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Taiwan?
- 169 years are reported by both, from 1831 to 2024.
- How do Azerbaijan and Taiwan rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Azerbaijan ranks 200th and Taiwan ranks 203rd of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.