New Zealand vs East Timor: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
New Zealand
2.63 tonnes per person
in 2024
East Timor
2.68 tonnes per person
in 2024
New Zealand rank
23rd
East Timor rank
20th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- New Zealand
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 2.68 tonnes per person against 2.63 tonnes per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.05 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 23rd and East Timor ranks 20th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 16 and East Timor in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 90.43 tonnes per person | 6.21 tonnes per person | 84.22 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1860s | 45.43 tonnes per person | 4.35 tonnes per person | 41.08 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1870s | 24.52 tonnes per person | 2.88 tonnes per person | 21.64 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1880s | 27.79 tonnes per person | 2.58 tonnes per person | 25.21 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1890s | 33.56 tonnes per person | 2.97 tonnes per person | 30.58 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1900s | 22.97 tonnes per person | 2.39 tonnes per person | 20.59 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 18.98 tonnes per person | 2.31 tonnes per person | 16.67 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 15.8 tonnes per person | 2.69 tonnes per person | 13.11 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 12.36 tonnes per person | 4.24 tonnes per person | 8.12 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 10.27 tonnes per person | 4.66 tonnes per person | 5.62 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 13.83 tonnes per person | 2.9 tonnes per person | 10.94 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 5.63 tonnes per person | 0.503 tonnes per person | 5.12 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 8.58 tonnes per person | 8.3 tonnes per person | 0.2817 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 6.35 tonnes per person | 8.63 tonnes per person | 2.27 tonnes per person | East Timor |
| 1990s | 3.11 tonnes per person | 7.2 tonnes per person | 4.08 tonnes per person | East Timor |
| 2000s | 4.07 tonnes per person | 3.05 tonnes per person | 1.01 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 3.75 tonnes per person | 3.04 tonnes per person | 0.7068 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 3.37 tonnes per person | 3.15 tonnes per person | 0.2181 tonnes per person | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, New Zealand or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 2.68 tonnes per person against 2.63 tonnes per person in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between New Zealand and East Timor?
- 0.05 tonnes per person, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and East Timor?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and East Timor rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 23rd and East Timor ranks 20th 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.