Tonga vs Uruguay: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Tonga
0.1498 tonnes per person
in 2024
Uruguay
0.158 tonnes per person
in 2024
Tonga rank
92nd
Uruguay rank
91st
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Tonga
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.158 tonnes per person against 0.1498 tonnes per person in Tonga, a difference of 0.0082 tonnes per person.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Uruguay ahead.
Tonga ranks 92nd and Uruguay ranks 91st of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.12 tonnes per person | 12.1 tonnes per person | 10.98 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1860s | 0.7864 tonnes per person | 11.16 tonnes per person | 10.37 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 0.5732 tonnes per person | 8.76 tonnes per person | 8.19 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1880s | 0.49 tonnes per person | 9.04 tonnes per person | 8.55 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1890s | 0.4415 tonnes per person | 8.55 tonnes per person | 8.11 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1900s | 0.388 tonnes per person | 5.85 tonnes per person | 5.46 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0.2116 tonnes per person | 4.68 tonnes per person | 4.47 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0.1054 tonnes per person | 3.95 tonnes per person | 3.84 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0.0512 tonnes per person | 3.21 tonnes per person | 3.16 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0.0164 tonnes per person | 2.7 tonnes per person | 2.69 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 1.5 tonnes per person | 2.21 tonnes per person | 0.7072 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 1.6 tonnes per person | -0.8464 tonnes per person | 2.44 tonnes per person | Tonga |
| 1970s | 0.5142 tonnes per person | -2.38 tonnes per person | 2.9 tonnes per person | Tonga |
| 1980s | -0.0341 tonnes per person | -1.79 tonnes per person | 1.76 tonnes per person | Tonga |
| 1990s | -0.2478 tonnes per person | -0.4846 tonnes per person | 0.2368 tonnes per person | Tonga |
| 2000s | -0.0795 tonnes per person | 2.3 tonnes per person | 2.38 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.5497 tonnes per person | 2.95 tonnes per person | 2.41 tonnes per person | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.2058 tonnes per person | 0.2933 tonnes per person | 0.0874 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, Tonga or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.158 tonnes per person against 0.1498 tonnes per person in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Tonga and Uruguay?
- 0.0082 tonnes per person, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Uruguay?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Tonga and Uruguay rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Tonga ranks 92nd 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.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.