Guatemala vs Papua New Guinea: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Guatemala
0.6%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.6%
in 2024
Guatemala rank
29th
Papua New Guinea rank
32nd
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Guatemala
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 29th and Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 14 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.4% | Guatemala |
| 1860s | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.4% | Guatemala |
| 1870s | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.2% | Guatemala |
| 1880s | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | Guatemala |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 2.8% | 2.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Guatemala |
| 1920s | 0.2% | -0.0% | 0.2% | Guatemala |
| 1930s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | Guatemala |
| 1940s | 0.8% | -0.0% | 0.9% | Guatemala |
| 1950s | 0.7% | -0.1% | 0.8% | Guatemala |
| 1960s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Guatemala or Papua New Guinea?
- Guatemala, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Guatemala and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0%, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Papua New Guinea?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Guatemala and Papua New Guinea rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Guatemala ranks 29th and Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.