Estonia vs Norway: Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions
Estonia
-5.0%
in 2024
Norway
-4.3%
in 2024
Estonia rank
205th
Norway rank
203rd
Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Estonia
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports -4.3% against -5.0% in Estonia, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 99 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Estonia ahead.
Estonia ranks 205th and Norway ranks 203rd of 215 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 11 and Norway in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | -6.7% | -75.0% | 68.3% | Estonia |
| 1850s | 6.1% | 21.9% | 15.8% | Norway |
| 1860s | 31.1% | 6.5% | 24.7% | Estonia |
| 1870s | 13.6% | 8.5% | 5.1% | Estonia |
| 1880s | 7.3% | 7.1% | 0.2% | Estonia |
| 1890s | 10.9% | 6.5% | 4.4% | Estonia |
| 1900s | 4.3% | 3.8% | 0.5% | Estonia |
| 1910s | -7.0% | 2.4% | 9.4% | Norway |
| 1920s | 13.9% | 10.3% | 3.6% | Estonia |
| 1930s | 13.8% | 3.2% | 10.6% | Estonia |
| 1940s | 7.0% | 3.6% | 3.4% | Estonia |
| 1950s | 8.6% | 1.7% | 6.9% | Estonia |
| 1960s | 4.9% | 6.7% | 1.8% | Norway |
| 1970s | 4.1% | 4.9% | 0.8% | Norway |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1.4% | Estonia |
| 1990s | -8.0% | 2.3% | 10.3% | Norway |
| 2000s | -0.4% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Norway |
| 2010s | -0.3% | -0.0% | 0.2% | Norway |
| 2020s | -5.8% | -2.8% | 3.0% | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in co₂ emissions, Estonia or Norway?
- Norway, at -4.3% against -5.0% in Estonia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in co₂ emissions between Estonia and Norway?
- 0.7%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Norway?
- 168 years are reported by both, from 1831 to 2024.
- How do Estonia and Norway rank globally for annual percentage change in co₂ emissions?
- Estonia ranks 205th and Norway ranks 203rd of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage 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 percentage growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change.