Hungary vs Maldives: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Hungary

4.14 tonnes per person

in 2024

Maldives

4.37 tonnes per person

in 2024

Hungary rank

83rd

Maldives rank

80th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Hungary
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 4.37 tonnes per person against 4.14 tonnes per person in Hungary, a difference of 0.2338 tonnes per person.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Hungary ahead.

Hungary ranks 83rd and Maldives ranks 80th 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.