Jamaica vs Turkey: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Jamaica
-0.1376 tonnes per person
in 2024
Turkey
-0.1089 tonnes per person
in 2024
Jamaica rank
154th
Turkey rank
151st
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Jamaica
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports -0.1089 tonnes per person against -0.1376 tonnes per person in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0287 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Turkey ahead.
Jamaica ranks 154th and Turkey ranks 151st of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 7 and Turkey in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.12 tonnes per person | 1.32 tonnes per person | 0.2079 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1860s | 2.11 tonnes per person | 1.28 tonnes per person | 0.8246 tonnes per person | Jamaica |
| 1870s | 2.29 tonnes per person | 0.9565 tonnes per person | 1.33 tonnes per person | Jamaica |
| 1880s | 2.44 tonnes per person | 0.7158 tonnes per person | 1.72 tonnes per person | Jamaica |
| 1890s | -1.2 tonnes per person | 0.5479 tonnes per person | 1.75 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1900s | 0.2893 tonnes per person | 0.4386 tonnes per person | 0.1493 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1910s | 1.9 tonnes per person | 2.15 tonnes per person | 0.2475 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1920s | 3.68 tonnes per person | 3.47 tonnes per person | 0.2075 tonnes per person | Jamaica |
| 1930s | 4.38 tonnes per person | 5.54 tonnes per person | 1.16 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1940s | 4.19 tonnes per person | 4.68 tonnes per person | 0.4853 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1950s | 2.5 tonnes per person | 5.61 tonnes per person | 3.11 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1960s | 0.245 tonnes per person | 3.17 tonnes per person | 2.92 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1970s | 0.0885 tonnes per person | 1.79 tonnes per person | 1.7 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1980s | 0.1151 tonnes per person | 0.8132 tonnes per person | 0.6981 tonnes per person | Turkey |
| 1990s | 2.23 tonnes per person | 0.3665 tonnes per person | 1.86 tonnes per person | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 2.33 tonnes per person | 0.1243 tonnes per person | 2.21 tonnes per person | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.4002 tonnes per person | -0.1757 tonnes per person | 0.5759 tonnes per person | Jamaica |
| 2020s | -0.1581 tonnes per person | 0.0104 tonnes per person | 0.1685 tonnes per person | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Jamaica or Turkey?
- Turkey, at -0.1089 tonnes per person against -0.1376 tonnes per person in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Jamaica and Turkey?
- 0.0287 tonnes per person, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Turkey?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Turkey rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 154th and Turkey ranks 151st 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.