Australia vs Trinidad and Tobago: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Australia
14.07 tonnes per person
in 2023
Trinidad and Tobago
14.87 tonnes per person
in 2023
Australia rank
13th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
12th
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- Australia
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 14.87 tonnes per person against 14.07 tonnes per person in Australia, a difference of 0.8 tonnes per person.
That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 13th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Trinidad and Tobago in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.68 tonnes per person | 8.74 tonnes per person | 5.94 tonnes per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 17.07 tonnes per person | 12.44 tonnes per person | 4.63 tonnes per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 16.54 tonnes per person | 15.75 tonnes per person | 0.7892 tonnes per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 14.13 tonnes per person | 14.35 tonnes per person | 0.2186 tonnes per person | Trinidad and Tobago |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita, Australia or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Trinidad and Tobago, at 14.87 tonnes per person against 14.07 tonnes per person in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita between Australia and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 0.8 tonnes per person, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- Australia ranks 13th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 12th of 120 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 Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP 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 consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.