British Virgin Islands vs Tonga: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

British Virgin Islands

7,122 tonnes

in 2024

Tonga

6,672 tonnes

in 2024

British Virgin Islands rank

144th

Tonga rank

146th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

British Virgin Islands currently reports 7,122 tonnes against 6,672 tonnes in Tonga, a difference of 450 tonnes.

That makes British Virgin Islands's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 35 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Tonga ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 144th and Tonga ranks 146th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.