Aruba vs China: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Aruba

8.52 tonnes per person

in 2024

China

8.66 tonnes per person

in 2024

Aruba rank

32nd

China rank

30th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Aruba
China

How they compare

China currently reports 8.66 tonnes per person against 8.52 tonnes per person in Aruba, a difference of 0.1399 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1930 it was China ahead.

Aruba ranks 32nd and China ranks 30th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.