Egypt vs Saint Helena: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Egypt
2.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Saint Helena
2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Egypt rank
119th
Saint Helena rank
121st
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- Egypt
- Saint Helena
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 2.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Saint Helena, a difference of 0.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Saint Helena's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 85 shared years of data; in 1854 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 119th and Saint Helena ranks 121st of 198 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Saint Helena | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4522 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4287 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1860s | 0.4583 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0221 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4362 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1870s | 0.514 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.026 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.488 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1880s | 0.505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0341 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1890s | 0.5224 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0472 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4753 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1900s | 0.5243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0596 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1910s | 0.522 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0619 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4601 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1920s | 0.5717 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0691 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1930s | 0.5929 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0719 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.521 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1940s | 0.6973 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0814 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.616 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1950s | 0.9808 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1960s | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1839 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1970s | 1.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1295 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1980s | 1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7958 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 1990s | 2.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3751 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 2000s | 2.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4212 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 2010s | 2.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3641 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
| 2020s | 2.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4373 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Egypt |
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, Egypt or Saint Helena?
- Egypt, at 2.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Saint Helena as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Egypt and Saint Helena?
- 0.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Saint Helena?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1854 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Saint Helena rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Egypt ranks 119th and Saint Helena ranks 121st 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.