Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita

Cape Verde
0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.1709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
153rd
Papua New Guinea rank
151st

Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0031 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Cape Verde ranks 153rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 151st of 196 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0896 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1866 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.097 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.078 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2641 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1862 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.1066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3185 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2119 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.1719 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1347 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.1592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2617 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.1556 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2007 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0451 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.1633 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0108 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita, Cape Verde or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.1709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita between Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea?
0.0031 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
Cape Verde ranks 153rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 151st 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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Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
196 places, 12,740 data points, 1960–2024
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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.