Croatia vs Lithuania: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Croatia
5.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Lithuania
5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Croatia rank
63rd
Lithuania rank
66th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- Croatia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 5.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Lithuania, a difference of 0.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Lithuania ahead.
Croatia ranks 63rd and Lithuania ranks 66th of 198 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1221 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4701 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.348 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1860s | 0.121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3468 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1870s | 0.122 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4947 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3727 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1880s | 0.1232 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5544 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4312 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1890s | 0.1457 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6568 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5111 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1900s | 0.1887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1910s | 0.1804 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9232 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7429 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1920s | 0.5087 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1930s | 0.5685 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1940s | 0.5155 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1950s | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 2.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 3.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 4.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 4.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 5.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7606 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Croatia |
| 2010s | 5.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7551 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3695 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry, Croatia or Lithuania?
- Croatia, at 5.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Croatia and Lithuania?
- 0.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Lithuania?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Croatia and Lithuania rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Croatia ranks 63rd and Lithuania ranks 66th of 198 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, excluding land use and forestry. 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.