Maldives vs World: Waste — Emissions Share
Maldives
13.07 %
in 2023
World
4.32 %
in 2023
Maldives rank
14th
World rank
16th
Waste — Emissions Share over time
- Maldives
- World
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 13.07 % against 4.32 % in World, a difference of 8.75 %.
That makes Maldives's figure about 3.0 times World's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 14th and World ranks 16th of 208 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.57 % | 3.25 % | 40.31 % | Maldives |
| 2000s | 27.08 % | 3.68 % | 23.4 % | Maldives |
| 2010s | 18.65 % | 4.04 % | 14.61 % | Maldives |
| 2020s | 13.76 % | 4.3 % | 9.46 % | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions share, Maldives or World?
- Maldives, at 13.07 % against 4.32 % in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions share between Maldives and World?
- 8.75 %, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and World?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Maldives and World rank globally for waste — emissions share?
- Maldives ranks 14th and World ranks 16th of 208 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions Share (N2O). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.