Brunei vs Estonia: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Brunei
-450,229 tonnes
in 2024
Estonia
-437,480 tonnes
in 2024
Brunei rank
184th
Estonia rank
183rd

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Brunei
  • Estonia
-10.0M-5.0M05.0M10.0M183119272024

How they compare

Estonia currently reports -437,480 tonnes against -450,229 tonnes in Brunei, a difference of 12,749 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 38 times across 91 shared years of data; in 1934 it was Estonia ahead.

Brunei ranks 184th and Estonia ranks 183rd of 215 countries.

Across the 10 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 6 and Estonia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei Estonia Difference Ahead
1930s 437,237 tonnes 285,736 tonnes 151,500 tonnes Brunei
1940s 884,121 tonnes 204,258 tonnes 679,864 tonnes Brunei
1950s -1.11 million tonnes 789,651 tonnes 1.90 million tonnes Estonia
1960s 16,122 tonnes 857,978 tonnes 841,856 tonnes Estonia
1970s 694,695 tonnes 1.12 million tonnes 430,138 tonnes Estonia
1980s -109,187 tonnes 507,356 tonnes 616,543 tonnes Estonia
1990s -36,434 tonnes -2.30 million tonnes 2.27 million tonnes Brunei
2000s 176,687 tonnes -152,453 tonnes 329,140 tonnes Brunei
2010s 181,928 tonnes -211,688 tonnes 393,616 tonnes Brunei
2020s 497,654 tonnes -796,264 tonnes 1.29 million tonnes Brunei

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Brunei or Estonia?
Estonia, at -437,480 tonnes against -450,229 tonnes in Brunei as of 2024.
What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Brunei and Estonia?
12,749 tonnes, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Estonia?
91 years are reported by both, from 1934 to 2024.
How do Brunei and Estonia rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
Brunei ranks 184th and Estonia ranks 183rd 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

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

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