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Palau vs Taiwan: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Palau
12.76 tonnes per person
in 2024
Taiwan
11.3 tonnes per person
in 2024
Palau rank
17th
Taiwan rank
20th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Palau
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 12.76 tonnes per person against 11.3 tonnes per person in Taiwan, a difference of 1.46 tonnes per person.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Palau ahead.

Palau ranks 17th and Taiwan ranks 20th 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
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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.