Maldives vs Palau: emissions of air pollutants, per capita

Maldives
0.3022 tonnes per person
in 2022
Palau
0.4139 tonnes per person
in 2022
Maldives rank
4th
Palau rank
1st

emissions of air pollutants, per capita over time

  • Maldives
  • Palau
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 0.4139 tonnes per person against 0.3022 tonnes per person in Maldives, a difference of 0.1117 tonnes per person.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.4 times Maldives's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Palau ahead.

Maldives ranks 4th and Palau ranks 1st of 207 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Palau Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0258 tonnes per person 0.6254 tonnes per person 0.5996 tonnes per person Palau
1970s 0.0198 tonnes per person 1.71 tonnes per person 1.69 tonnes per person Palau
1980s 0.0188 tonnes per person 1.5 tonnes per person 1.48 tonnes per person Palau
1990s 0.0218 tonnes per person 1.1 tonnes per person 1.08 tonnes per person Palau
2000s 0.3201 tonnes per person 0.5333 tonnes per person 0.2132 tonnes per person Palau
2010s 0.3696 tonnes per person 0.7288 tonnes per person 0.3592 tonnes per person Palau
2020s 0.308 tonnes per person 0.4196 tonnes per person 0.1116 tonnes per person Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emissions of air pollutants, per capita, Maldives or Palau?
Palau, at 0.4139 tonnes per person against 0.3022 tonnes per person in Maldives as of 2022.
What is the difference in emissions of air pollutants, per capita between Maldives and Palau?
0.1117 tonnes per person, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Palau?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Maldives and Palau rank globally for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?
Maldives ranks 4th and Palau ranks 1st 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.