Jordan vs Uruguay: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Jordan
0.1139 tonnes per person
in 2024
Uruguay
0.158 tonnes per person
in 2024
Jordan rank
94th
Uruguay rank
91st
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Jordan
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.158 tonnes per person against 0.1139 tonnes per person in Jordan, a difference of 0.0441 tonnes per person.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.4 times Jordan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Uruguay ahead.
Jordan ranks 94th and Uruguay ranks 91st of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0329 tonnes per person | 12.1 tonnes per person | 12.07 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1860s | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 11.16 tonnes per person | 11.16 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 0.5114 tonnes per person | 8.76 tonnes per person | 8.25 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1880s | 0.7816 tonnes per person | 9.04 tonnes per person | 8.26 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1890s | 0.8307 tonnes per person | 8.55 tonnes per person | 7.72 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1900s | 0.9033 tonnes per person | 5.85 tonnes per person | 4.95 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0.9818 tonnes per person | 4.68 tonnes per person | 3.7 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 1.18 tonnes per person | 3.95 tonnes per person | 2.77 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 1.7 tonnes per person | 3.21 tonnes per person | 1.51 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 1.24 tonnes per person | 2.7 tonnes per person | 1.46 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 2.6 tonnes per person | 2.21 tonnes per person | 0.3883 tonnes per person | Jordan |
| 1960s | 0.886 tonnes per person | -0.8464 tonnes per person | 1.73 tonnes per person | Jordan |
| 1970s | 0.3132 tonnes per person | -2.38 tonnes per person | 2.7 tonnes per person | Jordan |
| 1980s | 0.31 tonnes per person | -1.79 tonnes per person | 2.1 tonnes per person | Jordan |
| 1990s | 0.0788 tonnes per person | -0.4846 tonnes per person | 0.5633 tonnes per person | Jordan |
| 2000s | 0.0826 tonnes per person | 2.3 tonnes per person | 2.21 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.1405 tonnes per person | 2.95 tonnes per person | 2.81 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.0911 tonnes per person | 0.2933 tonnes per person | 0.2022 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Jordan or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.158 tonnes per person against 0.1139 tonnes per person in Jordan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Jordan and Uruguay?
- 0.0441 tonnes per person, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Uruguay?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Jordan and Uruguay rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Jordan ranks 94th and Uruguay ranks 91st 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.