Philippines vs United Arab Emirates: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Philippines

13.90 million tonnes

in 2024

United Arab Emirates

11.56 million tonnes

in 2024

Philippines rank

10th

United Arab Emirates rank

11th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Philippines currently reports 13.90 million tonnes against 11.56 million tonnes in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 2.33 million tonnes.

That makes Philippines's figure about 1.2 times United Arab Emirates's.

The two have swapped places 30 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Philippines ahead.

Philippines ranks 10th and United Arab Emirates ranks 11th 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.