Chile vs Sao Tome and Principe: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Chile
0.4853 tonnes per person
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.5237 tonnes per person
in 2024
Chile rank
59th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
57th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Chile
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.5237 tonnes per person against 0.4853 tonnes per person in Chile, a difference of 0.0384 tonnes per person.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 59th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 57th of 194 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 6.27 tonnes per person | 3.47 tonnes per person | 2.8 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1860s | 6.63 tonnes per person | 3.38 tonnes per person | 3.25 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1870s | 6.92 tonnes per person | 3.38 tonnes per person | 3.54 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1880s | 6.8 tonnes per person | 3.14 tonnes per person | 3.66 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1890s | 7.43 tonnes per person | 2.89 tonnes per person | 4.54 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1900s | 8.17 tonnes per person | 2.16 tonnes per person | 6.01 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1910s | 8.81 tonnes per person | 1.88 tonnes per person | 6.93 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1920s | 7.98 tonnes per person | 1.7 tonnes per person | 6.29 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1930s | 8.26 tonnes per person | 0.9534 tonnes per person | 7.31 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1940s | 6.64 tonnes per person | -0.6102 tonnes per person | 7.25 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1950s | 5.42 tonnes per person | -2.06 tonnes per person | 7.48 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1960s | 3.88 tonnes per person | -3.46 tonnes per person | 7.34 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1970s | 3.48 tonnes per person | -1.84 tonnes per person | 5.32 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1980s | 0.7577 tonnes per person | -1.52 tonnes per person | 2.28 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 1990s | 0.3973 tonnes per person | 0.091 tonnes per person | 0.3063 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 2000s | 1.73 tonnes per person | 0.0069 tonnes per person | 1.73 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 2010s | 1.93 tonnes per person | 0.871 tonnes per person | 1.06 tonnes per person | Chile |
| 2020s | 0.9941 tonnes per person | 0.5413 tonnes per person | 0.4528 tonnes per person | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Chile or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.5237 tonnes per person against 0.4853 tonnes per person in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Chile and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0384 tonnes per person, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Chile ranks 59th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 57th 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.