South Africa vs Trinidad and Tobago: Consumption based carbon intensity

South Africa
0.4399
in 2022
Trinidad and Tobago
0.4487
in 2022
South Africa rank
15th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
13th

Consumption based carbon intensity over time

  • South Africa
  • Trinidad and Tobago
0.250.50.7511.2199020062022

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 0.4487 against 0.4399 in South Africa, a difference of 0.0088.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Africa ahead.

South Africa ranks 15th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 13th of 119 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 2 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Trinidad and Tobago Difference Ahead
1990s 1.26 0.5893 0.6722 South Africa
2000s 0.6703 0.4891 0.1812 South Africa
2010s 0.521 0.5357 0.0146 Trinidad and Tobago
2020s 0.4662 0.5699 0.1037 Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher consumption based carbon intensity, South Africa or Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago, at 0.4487 against 0.4399 in South Africa as of 2022.
What is the difference in consumption based carbon intensity between South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago?
0.0088, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago?
33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for consumption based carbon intensity?
South Africa ranks 15th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 13th of 119 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Consumption based carbon intensity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

South Africa vs Trinidad and Tobago: Consumption based carbon intensity. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/consumption-based-carbon-intensity/south-africa/trinidad-and-tobago/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/consumption-based-carbon-intensity/south-africa/trinidad-and-tobago/">South Africa vs Trinidad and Tobago: Consumption based carbon intensity</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Consumption based carbon intensity
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
119 places, 3,909 data points, 1990–2022
Last refreshed