Afghanistan vs Portugal: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita

Afghanistan
0.4279 tonnes per person
in 2024
Portugal
0.3951 tonnes per person
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
63rd
Portugal rank
65th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Portugal
-1012185019372024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.4279 tonnes per person against 0.3951 tonnes per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0328 tonnes per person.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 63rd and Portugal ranks 65th of 194 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 11 and Portugal in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Portugal Difference Ahead
1850s 0.7577 tonnes per person 0.5908 tonnes per person 0.1669 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1860s 0.7558 tonnes per person 0.8678 tonnes per person 0.112 tonnes per person Portugal
1870s 0.9052 tonnes per person 0.9721 tonnes per person 0.0669 tonnes per person Portugal
1880s 1.1 tonnes per person 1.09 tonnes per person 0.0086 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1890s 1.19 tonnes per person 0.9028 tonnes per person 0.2857 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1900s 1.17 tonnes per person 0.9587 tonnes per person 0.211 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1910s 0.862 tonnes per person 0.531 tonnes per person 0.331 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1920s 0.7304 tonnes per person 0.8319 tonnes per person 0.1015 tonnes per person Portugal
1930s 0.9019 tonnes per person 1.16 tonnes per person 0.2581 tonnes per person Portugal
1940s 0.8562 tonnes per person 0.8861 tonnes per person 0.0299 tonnes per person Portugal
1950s 1.35 tonnes per person 0.4659 tonnes per person 0.8884 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1960s 1.1 tonnes per person 0.2016 tonnes per person 0.9014 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1970s 0.3324 tonnes per person 0.2226 tonnes per person 0.1098 tonnes per person Afghanistan
1980s 0.1485 tonnes per person 0.1906 tonnes per person 0.0421 tonnes per person Portugal
1990s -0.0482 tonnes per person -0.325 tonnes per person 0.2768 tonnes per person Afghanistan
2000s 0.0759 tonnes per person -0.6606 tonnes per person 0.7364 tonnes per person Afghanistan
2010s 0.0526 tonnes per person -0.1442 tonnes per person 0.1968 tonnes per person Afghanistan
2020s 0.2633 tonnes per person 0.2651 tonnes per person 0.0018 tonnes per person Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Afghanistan or Portugal?
Afghanistan, at 0.4279 tonnes per person against 0.3951 tonnes per person in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Afghanistan and Portugal?
0.0328 tonnes per person, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Portugal?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Portugal rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
Afghanistan ranks 63rd and Portugal ranks 65th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change 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
194 places, 33,660 data points, 1850–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.