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Samoa vs Tonga: Carbon intensity of energy

Samoa
168.83 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Tonga
165.46 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Samoa rank
160th
Tonga rank
163rd

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Samoa
  • Tonga
100200300400198020022024

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 168.83 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 165.46 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Tonga, a difference of 3.38 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Tonga ahead.

Samoa ranks 160th and Tonga ranks 163rd of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of energy
Unit
grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
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Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.