Namibia vs Tuvalu: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Namibia

1.14 tonnes per person

in 2024

Tuvalu

1.18 tonnes per person

in 2024

Namibia rank

154th

Tuvalu rank

152nd

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

Namibia
Tuvalu

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 1.18 tonnes per person against 1.14 tonnes per person in Namibia, a difference of 0.0383 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 154th and Tuvalu ranks 152nd 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.