Angola vs Papua New Guinea: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Angola
4.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
4.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Angola rank
117th
Papua New Guinea rank
119th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions over time
- Angola
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Angola currently reports 4.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 4.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 117th and Papua New Guinea ranks 119th of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 13 and Papua New Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 7.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.4543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1860s | 7.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.8275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1870s | 6.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1880s | 6.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.9421 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1890s | 1.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 137.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 135.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1900s | -0.5869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 18.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 19.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1910s | -1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1920s | 9.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1930s | 13.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1940s | 18.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1699 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 18.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1950s | 25.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 26.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1960s | 13.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 13.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1970s | 6.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5752 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 1980s | 4.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 6.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 7.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7123 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 2010s | 7.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
| 2020s | 4.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1777 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, Angola or Papua New Guinea?
- Angola, at 4.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 4.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions between Angola and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Papua New Guinea?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Papua New Guinea rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions?
- Angola ranks 117th and Papua New Guinea ranks 119th 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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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.