Maldives vs World: Waste — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre
Maldives
0.0128 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
World
0.0002 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives rank
3rd
World rank
1st
Waste — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre over time
- Maldives
- World
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.0128 kt per square kilometre against 0.0002 kt per square kilometre in World, a difference of 0.0126 kt per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 83.6 times World's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was World ahead.
Maldives ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 136 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | — |
| 1970s | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0057 kt per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.0099 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0121 kt per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2), per square kilometre, Maldives or World?
- Maldives, at 0.0128 kt per square kilometre against 0.0002 kt per square kilometre in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2), per square kilometre between Maldives and World?
- 0.0126 kt per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Maldives and World rank globally for waste — emissions (co2), per square kilometre?
- Maldives ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 136 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Waste — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Waste — Emissions (CO2) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.