Peru vs United Kingdom: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Peru
4.18 million tonnes
in 2024
United Kingdom
5.08 million tonnes
in 2024
Peru rank
19th
United Kingdom rank
17th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

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  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 5.08 million tonnes against 4.18 million tonnes in Peru, a difference of 897,490 tonnes.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 71 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1857 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 19th and United Kingdom ranks 17th of 215 countries.

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