Italy vs Portugal: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita
Italy
0.2581 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Portugal
0.2608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Italy rank
112th
Portugal rank
110th
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.2608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.2581 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Italy, a difference of 0.0027 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 112th and Portugal ranks 110th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4467 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.394 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0528 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1970s | 0.4722 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4585 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0137 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.4643 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4026 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0616 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.4607 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3804 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.388 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3396 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.2674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3199 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.2606 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2918 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0312 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita, Italy or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.2608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.2581 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita between Italy and Portugal?
- 0.0027 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
- Italy ranks 112th and Portugal ranks 110th 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.
Individual pages
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.