French Polynesia vs Malta: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

French Polynesia

3.27 tonnes per person

in 2024

Malta

3.2 tonnes per person

in 2024

French Polynesia rank

105th

Malta rank

107th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

French Polynesia
Malta

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 3.27 tonnes per person against 3.2 tonnes per person in Malta, a difference of 0.071 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Malta ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 105th and Malta ranks 107th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
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, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.