Afghanistan vs Haiti: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions

Afghanistan
0.9352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Haiti
1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
194th
Haiti rank
193rd

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Haiti
123185019372024

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.9352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0748 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Haiti's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 28 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Haiti ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 194th and Haiti ranks 193rd of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Haiti in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Haiti Difference Ahead
1850s 2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4687 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1860s 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1870s 2.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3375 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1880s 2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1890s 2.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1900s 2.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0482 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1910s 2.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7994 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1920s 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.8384 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1930s 2.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0397 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1940s 2.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0274 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
1950s 3.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1212 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1960s 2.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.4676 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1970s 1.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1980s 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1611 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Afghanistan
1990s 0.8805 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6318 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
2000s 0.8321 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
2010s 0.9666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7493 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti
2020s 0.904 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, Afghanistan or Haiti?
Haiti, at 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.9352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions between Afghanistan and Haiti?
0.0748 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Haiti?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Haiti rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions?
Afghanistan ranks 194th and Haiti ranks 193rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (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
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.