Brunei vs Paraguay: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Brunei
1.82 tonnes per person
in 2024
Paraguay
2.2 tonnes per person
in 2024
Brunei rank
30th
Paraguay rank
27th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Brunei
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 2.2 tonnes per person against 1.82 tonnes per person in Brunei, a difference of 0.38 tonnes per person.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.2 times Brunei's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Brunei ahead.
Brunei ranks 30th and Paraguay ranks 27th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 7 and Paraguay in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 12.08 tonnes per person | 6.04 tonnes per person | 6.04 tonnes per person | Brunei |
| 1860s | 8.63 tonnes per person | 4.25 tonnes per person | 4.38 tonnes per person | Brunei |
| 1870s | 10.32 tonnes per person | 4.28 tonnes per person | 6.04 tonnes per person | Brunei |
| 1880s | 14.69 tonnes per person | 3.91 tonnes per person | 10.77 tonnes per person | Brunei |
| 1890s | 10.55 tonnes per person | 3.18 tonnes per person | 7.38 tonnes per person | Brunei |
| 1900s | 14.45 tonnes per person | 24.36 tonnes per person | 9.91 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 1910s | 19.07 tonnes per person | 23.79 tonnes per person | 4.72 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 1920s | 14.56 tonnes per person | 19.01 tonnes per person | 4.45 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 1930s | 16.33 tonnes per person | 14.63 tonnes per person | 1.7 tonnes per person | Brunei |
| 1940s | 15.02 tonnes per person | 10.74 tonnes per person | 4.28 tonnes per person | Brunei |
| 1950s | 12.44 tonnes per person | 18.26 tonnes per person | 5.82 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 6.05 tonnes per person | 15.32 tonnes per person | 9.28 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 4.08 tonnes per person | 17.17 tonnes per person | 13.09 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 6.37 tonnes per person | 13.18 tonnes per person | 6.81 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 4.74 tonnes per person | 12.31 tonnes per person | 7.57 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 2.96 tonnes per person | 9.87 tonnes per person | 6.91 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 3.38 tonnes per person | 6.64 tonnes per person | 3.26 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 1.69 tonnes per person | 2.34 tonnes per person | 0.6412 tonnes per person | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Brunei or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 2.2 tonnes per person against 1.82 tonnes per person in Brunei as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Brunei and Paraguay?
- 0.38 tonnes per person, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Paraguay?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Brunei and Paraguay rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Brunei ranks 30th and Paraguay ranks 27th 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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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.