Papua New Guinea vs East Timor: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita

Papua New Guinea
2.64 tonnes per person
in 2024
East Timor
2.68 tonnes per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
22nd
East Timor rank
20th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • East Timor
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How they compare

East Timor currently reports 2.68 tonnes per person against 2.64 tonnes per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.04 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 26 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was East Timor ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 22nd and East Timor ranks 20th of 194 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 4 and East Timor in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea East Timor Difference Ahead
1850s -2.38 tonnes per person 6.21 tonnes per person 8.6 tonnes per person East Timor
1860s -2.92 tonnes per person 4.35 tonnes per person 7.27 tonnes per person East Timor
1870s -3.3 tonnes per person 2.88 tonnes per person 6.19 tonnes per person East Timor
1880s -3.38 tonnes per person 2.58 tonnes per person 5.96 tonnes per person East Timor
1890s 144.53 tonnes per person 2.97 tonnes per person 141.56 tonnes per person Papua New Guinea
1900s 18.22 tonnes per person 2.39 tonnes per person 15.83 tonnes per person Papua New Guinea
1910s -0.1841 tonnes per person 2.31 tonnes per person 2.5 tonnes per person East Timor
1920s -0.9895 tonnes per person 2.69 tonnes per person 3.68 tonnes per person East Timor
1930s -1.2 tonnes per person 4.24 tonnes per person 5.44 tonnes per person East Timor
1940s -2.21 tonnes per person 4.66 tonnes per person 6.87 tonnes per person East Timor
1950s -4.13 tonnes per person 2.9 tonnes per person 7.03 tonnes per person East Timor
1960s -1.78 tonnes per person 0.503 tonnes per person 2.29 tonnes per person East Timor
1970s 5.59 tonnes per person 8.3 tonnes per person 2.71 tonnes per person East Timor
1980s 6.69 tonnes per person 8.63 tonnes per person 1.93 tonnes per person East Timor
1990s 7.11 tonnes per person 7.2 tonnes per person 0.0857 tonnes per person East Timor
2000s 6.06 tonnes per person 3.05 tonnes per person 3.01 tonnes per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 4.63 tonnes per person 3.04 tonnes per person 1.59 tonnes per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 2.84 tonnes per person 3.15 tonnes per person 0.3165 tonnes per person East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Papua New Guinea or East Timor?
East Timor, at 2.68 tonnes per person against 2.64 tonnes per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Papua New Guinea and East Timor?
0.04 tonnes per person, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and East Timor?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and East Timor rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 22nd 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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Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 33,660 data points, 1850–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.