Algeria vs Papua New Guinea: emissions of air pollutants, per capita

Algeria
0.0286 tonnes per person
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
0.0286 tonnes per person
in 2022
Algeria rank
141st
Papua New Guinea rank
140th

emissions of air pollutants, per capita over time

  • Algeria
  • Papua New Guinea
0.010.020.030.040.050.06196019912022

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0286 tonnes per person against 0.0286 tonnes per person in Algeria, a difference of 0 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 141st and Papua New Guinea ranks 140th of 207 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0218 tonnes per person 0.0219 tonnes per person 0.0001 tonnes per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.0249 tonnes per person 0.0237 tonnes per person 0.0012 tonnes per person Algeria
1980s 0.0336 tonnes per person 0.0278 tonnes per person 0.0058 tonnes per person Algeria
1990s 0.0364 tonnes per person 0.0522 tonnes per person 0.0158 tonnes per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0349 tonnes per person 0.0471 tonnes per person 0.0121 tonnes per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0349 tonnes per person 0.0343 tonnes per person 0.0006 tonnes per person Algeria
2020s 0.03 tonnes per person 0.0293 tonnes per person 0.0007 tonnes per person Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emissions of air pollutants, per capita, Algeria or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0286 tonnes per person against 0.0286 tonnes per person in Algeria as of 2022.
What is the difference in emissions of air pollutants, per capita between Algeria and Papua New Guinea?
0 tonnes per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Papua New Guinea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Algeria and Papua New Guinea rank globally for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?
Algeria ranks 141st and Papua New Guinea ranks 140th of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as emissions of air pollutants, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
emissions of air pollutants, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
207 places, 13,011 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.