Brunei vs Panama: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Brunei
-450,229 tonnes
in 2024
Panama
-337,693 tonnes
in 2024
Brunei rank
184th
Panama rank
182nd
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Brunei
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports -337,693 tonnes against -450,229 tonnes in Brunei, a difference of 112,536 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 51 times across 91 shared years of data; in 1934 it was Brunei ahead.
Brunei ranks 184th and Panama ranks 182nd of 215 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 5 and Panama in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 437,237 tonnes | -690 tonnes | 437,927 tonnes | Brunei |
| 1940s | 884,121 tonnes | 2,458 tonnes | 881,664 tonnes | Brunei |
| 1950s | -1.11 million tonnes | 127,464 tonnes | 1.24 million tonnes | Panama |
| 1960s | 16,122 tonnes | 108,395 tonnes | 92,273 tonnes | Panama |
| 1970s | 694,695 tonnes | 180,560 tonnes | 514,134 tonnes | Brunei |
| 1980s | -109,187 tonnes | -168,758 tonnes | 59,570 tonnes | Brunei |
| 1990s | -36,434 tonnes | 304,954 tonnes | 341,388 tonnes | Panama |
| 2000s | 176,687 tonnes | 249,939 tonnes | 73,252 tonnes | Panama |
| 2010s | 181,928 tonnes | 439,742 tonnes | 257,814 tonnes | Panama |
| 2020s | 497,654 tonnes | 43,131 tonnes | 454,523 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 Panama?
- Panama, at -337,693 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 Panama?
- 112,536 tonnes, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Panama?
- 91 years are reported by both, from 1934 to 2024.
- How do Brunei and Panama rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Brunei ranks 184th and Panama ranks 182nd 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.