India vs Portugal: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre

India
0.0475 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
0.0484 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
India rank
41st
Portugal rank
40th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre over time

  • India
  • Portugal
0.020.040.060.08196119922023

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.0484 kt per square kilometre against 0.0475 kt per square kilometre in India, a difference of 0.0009 kt per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

India ranks 41st and Portugal ranks 40th of 186 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0167 kt per square kilometre 0.0428 kt per square kilometre 0.0261 kt per square kilometre Portugal
1970s 0.0197 kt per square kilometre 0.0518 kt per square kilometre 0.0321 kt per square kilometre Portugal
1980s 0.0235 kt per square kilometre 0.0562 kt per square kilometre 0.0326 kt per square kilometre Portugal
1990s 0.028 kt per square kilometre 0.0669 kt per square kilometre 0.0389 kt per square kilometre Portugal
2000s 0.0342 kt per square kilometre 0.0629 kt per square kilometre 0.0287 kt per square kilometre Portugal
2010s 0.0416 kt per square kilometre 0.0429 kt per square kilometre 0.0013 kt per square kilometre Portugal
2020s 0.0465 kt per square kilometre 0.0466 kt per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre, India or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.0484 kt per square kilometre against 0.0475 kt per square kilometre in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre between India and Portugal?
0.0009 kt per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Portugal?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Portugal rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) (ar5), per square kilometre?
India ranks 41st and Portugal ranks 40th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,734 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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.