Cape Verde vs Tonga: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Cape Verde

2,821 tonnes

in 2024

Tonga

15,609 tonnes

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

119th

Tonga rank

117th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Tonga currently reports 15,609 tonnes against 2,821 tonnes in Cape Verde, a difference of 12,787 tonnes.

That makes Tonga's figure about 5.5 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 119th and Tonga ranks 117th of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.