Kiribati vs Tonga: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Kiribati
100,907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Tonga
198,535 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kiribati rank
193rd
Tonga rank
190th

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

  • Kiribati
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Tonga currently reports 198,535 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 100,907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kiribati, a difference of 97,628 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Tonga's figure about 2.0 times Kiribati's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Tonga ahead.

Kiribati ranks 193rd and Tonga ranks 190th of 198 countries.

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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.