Peru vs Sao Tome and Principe: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Peru
0.4875 tonnes per person
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.5237 tonnes per person
in 2024
Peru rank
58th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
57th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Peru
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.5237 tonnes per person against 0.4875 tonnes per person in Peru, a difference of 0.0362 tonnes per person.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Peru ranks 58th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 57th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 15 and Sao Tome and Principe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.46 tonnes per person | 3.47 tonnes per person | 1.01 tonnes per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1860s | 3.03 tonnes per person | 3.38 tonnes per person | 0.3572 tonnes per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1870s | 4.06 tonnes per person | 3.38 tonnes per person | 0.6748 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1880s | 6.96 tonnes per person | 3.14 tonnes per person | 3.82 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1890s | 6.43 tonnes per person | 2.89 tonnes per person | 3.54 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1900s | 4.41 tonnes per person | 2.16 tonnes per person | 2.25 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1910s | 3.55 tonnes per person | 1.88 tonnes per person | 1.67 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1920s | 3.61 tonnes per person | 1.7 tonnes per person | 1.92 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1930s | 4.89 tonnes per person | 0.9534 tonnes per person | 3.94 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1940s | 2.55 tonnes per person | -0.6102 tonnes per person | 3.16 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1950s | 3.85 tonnes per person | -2.06 tonnes per person | 5.92 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1960s | 5.18 tonnes per person | -3.46 tonnes per person | 8.64 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1970s | 5.64 tonnes per person | -1.84 tonnes per person | 7.47 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1980s | 3.21 tonnes per person | -1.52 tonnes per person | 4.73 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 1990s | 2.54 tonnes per person | 0.091 tonnes per person | 2.45 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 2000s | 2.58 tonnes per person | 0.0069 tonnes per person | 2.57 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 2010s | 1.26 tonnes per person | 0.871 tonnes per person | 0.3897 tonnes per person | Peru |
| 2020s | 0.5195 tonnes per person | 0.5413 tonnes per person | 0.0218 tonnes per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Peru or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.5237 tonnes per person against 0.4875 tonnes per person in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0362 tonnes per person, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Peru ranks 58th 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.