Australia vs Botswana: emissions of air pollutants, per capita

Australia
0.06 tonnes per person
in 2022
Botswana
0.0609 tonnes per person
in 2022
Australia rank
59th
Botswana rank
58th

emissions of air pollutants, per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Botswana
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.0609 tonnes per person against 0.06 tonnes per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0009 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 59th and Botswana ranks 58th of 207 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Botswana Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2435 tonnes per person 0.051 tonnes per person 0.1925 tonnes per person Australia
1970s 0.2971 tonnes per person 0.0544 tonnes per person 0.2427 tonnes per person Australia
1980s 0.3167 tonnes per person 0.0839 tonnes per person 0.2328 tonnes per person Australia
1990s 0.2789 tonnes per person 0.0871 tonnes per person 0.1918 tonnes per person Australia
2000s 0.174 tonnes per person 0.0811 tonnes per person 0.0929 tonnes per person Australia
2010s 0.0858 tonnes per person 0.071 tonnes per person 0.0148 tonnes per person Australia
2020s 0.0621 tonnes per person 0.0619 tonnes per person 0.0002 tonnes per person Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emissions of air pollutants, per capita, Australia or Botswana?
Botswana, at 0.0609 tonnes per person against 0.06 tonnes per person in Australia as of 2022.
What is the difference in emissions of air pollutants, per capita between Australia and Botswana?
0.0009 tonnes per person, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Botswana?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Australia and Botswana rank globally for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?
Australia ranks 59th and Botswana ranks 58th 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.