Botswana vs Uruguay: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita
Botswana
3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Uruguay
2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Botswana rank
2nd
Uruguay rank
5th
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita over time
- Botswana
- Uruguay
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Uruguay, a difference of 0.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 2nd and Uruguay ranks 5th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1970s | 4.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1980s | 2.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1990s | 3.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9733 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 2000s | 2.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0644 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 2010s | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0959 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 2.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2651 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita, Botswana or Uruguay?
- Botswana, at 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita between Botswana and Uruguay?
- 0.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Uruguay?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Uruguay rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
- Botswana ranks 2nd and Uruguay ranks 5th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.