Bahrain vs Maldives: emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre
Bahrain
366.15 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2022
Maldives
527.98 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2022
Bahrain rank
3rd
Maldives rank
2nd
emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre over time
- Bahrain
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 527.98 tonnes per square kilometre against 366.15 tonnes per square kilometre in Bahrain, a difference of 161.83 tonnes per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.4 times Bahrain's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 3rd and Maldives ranks 2nd of 207 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 4 and Maldives in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.31 tonnes per square kilometre | 8.75 tonnes per square kilometre | 6.56 tonnes per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 48.43 tonnes per square kilometre | 9.31 tonnes per square kilometre | 39.12 tonnes per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 127.36 tonnes per square kilometre | 11.86 tonnes per square kilometre | 115.5 tonnes per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 229.9 tonnes per square kilometre | 18.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 211.56 tonnes per square kilometre | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 299.89 tonnes per square kilometre | 337.21 tonnes per square kilometre | 37.32 tonnes per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2010s | 300.05 tonnes per square kilometre | 516.76 tonnes per square kilometre | 216.71 tonnes per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2020s | 359.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 527.63 tonnes per square kilometre | 168.12 tonnes per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre, Bahrain or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 527.98 tonnes per square kilometre against 366.15 tonnes per square kilometre in Bahrain as of 2022.
- What is the difference in emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre between Bahrain and Maldives?
- 161.83 tonnes per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Maldives?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Bahrain and Maldives rank globally for emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre?
- Bahrain ranks 3rd and Maldives ranks 2nd of 207 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
emissions of air pollutants divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.