Fiji vs Maldives: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Fiji
1.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Maldives
2.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Fiji rank
163rd
Maldives rank
160th

Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

  • Fiji
  • Maldives
01.0M2.0M3.0M185019372024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Fiji, a difference of 542,290 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Fiji's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Fiji ahead.

Fiji ranks 163rd and Maldives ranks 160th of 198 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 17 and Maldives in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Fiji Maldives Difference Ahead
1850s 22,132 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 19,923 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1860s 24,560 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,390 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 22,170 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1870s 27,257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,680 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 24,577 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1880s 30,733 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,019 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 27,714 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1890s 34,367 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,360 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 31,007 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1900s 37,582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,694 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 33,888 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1910s 40,987 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4,327 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 36,661 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1920s 42,184 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5,479 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 36,705 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1930s 45,393 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6,974 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 38,419 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1940s 55,240 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8,989 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 46,251 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1950s 246,789 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9,539 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 237,250 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1960s 451,272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9,447 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 441,825 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1970s 843,518 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 26,933 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 816,586 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1980s 949,126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 102,332 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 846,794 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1990s 1.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 305,608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 782,309 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
2000s 1.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 743,687 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 622,766 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
2010s 1.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 190,352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
2020s 1.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 431,994 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry, Fiji or Maldives?
Maldives, at 2.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Fiji as of 2024.
What is the difference in total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Fiji and Maldives?
542,290 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Maldives?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Fiji and Maldives rank globally for total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
Fiji ranks 163rd and Maldives ranks 160th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 34,488 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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