Ecuador vs Saint Lucia: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Ecuador
3.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Saint Lucia
3.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Ecuador rank
105th
Saint Lucia rank
107th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- Ecuador
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 3.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 105th and Saint Lucia ranks 107th of 198 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 17 and Saint Lucia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.3158 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0416 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2742 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 0.3062 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0369 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2693 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 0.2802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0319 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2483 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 0.2766 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.031 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2456 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 0.2783 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0304 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2479 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 0.2966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0309 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2657 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0.3162 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0334 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2827 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0.3884 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0341 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0.7133 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6781 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.7212 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5478 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 0.5659 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4158 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1501 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0.7266 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5466 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1801 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 1.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6069 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 2.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 2.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6299 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 2.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2698 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 3.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3137 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 3.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0381 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Saint Lucia |
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, Ecuador or Saint Lucia?
- Ecuador, at 3.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Saint Lucia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Ecuador and Saint Lucia?
- 0.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Saint Lucia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Saint Lucia rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Ecuador ranks 105th and Saint Lucia ranks 107th 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.