New Zealand vs Norway: Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil

New Zealand
3.62 tonnes per person
in 2024
Norway
3.74 tonnes per person
in 2024
New Zealand rank
42nd
Norway rank
41st

Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil over time

  • New Zealand
  • Norway
0246175018872024

How they compare

Norway currently reports 3.74 tonnes per person against 3.62 tonnes per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.12 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 180 shared years of data; in 1829 it was Norway ahead.

New Zealand ranks 42nd and Norway ranks 41st of 213 countries.

Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Norway Difference Ahead
1820s 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person
1830s 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person
1840s 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person
1850s 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person
1860s 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person 0 tonnes per person
1870s 0 tonnes per person 0.0106 tonnes per person 0.0106 tonnes per person Norway
1880s 0 tonnes per person 0.0161 tonnes per person 0.0161 tonnes per person Norway
1890s 0 tonnes per person 0.0414 tonnes per person 0.0414 tonnes per person Norway
1900s 0 tonnes per person 0.0663 tonnes per person 0.0663 tonnes per person Norway
1910s 0 tonnes per person 0.0956 tonnes per person 0.0956 tonnes per person Norway
1920s 0 tonnes per person 0.1928 tonnes per person 0.1928 tonnes per person Norway
1930s 0.0019 tonnes per person 0.4849 tonnes per person 0.483 tonnes per person Norway
1940s 0.0002 tonnes per person 0.5028 tonnes per person 0.5026 tonnes per person Norway
1950s 1.62 tonnes per person 1.88 tonnes per person 0.2681 tonnes per person Norway
1960s 2.57 tonnes per person 3.5 tonnes per person 0.9336 tonnes per person Norway
1970s 3.58 tonnes per person 5.99 tonnes per person 2.41 tonnes per person Norway
1980s 3.22 tonnes per person 5.21 tonnes per person 1.99 tonnes per person Norway
1990s 3.83 tonnes per person 4.97 tonnes per person 1.14 tonnes per person Norway
2000s 4.37 tonnes per person 5.12 tonnes per person 0.7492 tonnes per person Norway
2010s 4.15 tonnes per person 4.62 tonnes per person 0.4682 tonnes per person Norway
2020s 3.75 tonnes per person 3.94 tonnes per person 0.1928 tonnes per person Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita co₂ emissions from oil, New Zealand or Norway?
Norway, at 3.74 tonnes per person against 3.62 tonnes per person in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita co₂ emissions from oil between New Zealand and Norway?
0.12 tonnes per person, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Norway?
180 years are reported by both, from 1829 to 2024.
How do New Zealand and Norway rank globally for per capita co₂ emissions from oil?
New Zealand ranks 42nd and Norway ranks 41st of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

New Zealand vs Norway: Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid, drawing on Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/per-capita-co2-oil/new-zealand/norway/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/per-capita-co2-oil/new-zealand/norway/">New Zealand vs Norway: Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 21,415 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured in tonnes per person.