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Energy — Emissions (CH4) in Tonga

Tonga: Energy — Emissions (CH4) was 0.0456 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.0456 kt
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
218th
of 229 countries
All-time high
0.0478 kt
in 1994
All-time low
0.0131 kt
in 1969
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Energy — Emissions in Tonga, 1961–2023

0.010.020.030.040.05196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Tonga recorded 0.0456 kt for energy — emissions in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, energy — emissions in Tonga peaked at 0.0478 kt in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0131 kt, in 1969.

Tonga ranks 218th of 229 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Energy — Emissions (CH4) in Tonga, year by year

Year kt Change
1961 0.0148 kt —
1962 0.0147 kt -0.7%
1963 0.0146 kt -0.7%
1964 0.0145 kt -0.7%
1965 0.0143 kt -1.4%
1966 0.014 kt -2.1%
1967 0.0148 kt +5.7%
1968 0.0144 kt -2.7%
1969 0.0131 kt -9.0%
1970 0.0149 kt +13.7%
1971 0.0144 kt -3.4%
1972 0.0148 kt +2.8%
1973 0.0154 kt +4.1%
1974 0.0164 kt +6.5%
1975 0.0178 kt +8.5%
1976 0.0158 kt -11.2%
1977 0.0158 kt +0.0%
1978 0.0163 kt +3.2%
1979 0.0168 kt +3.1%
1980 0.0168 kt +0.0%
1981 0.0189 kt +12.5%
1982 0.0189 kt +0.0%
1983 0.0186 kt -1.6%
1984 0.0176 kt -5.4%
1985 0.0175 kt -0.6%
1986 0.0148 kt -15.4%
1987 0.0199 kt +34.5%
1988 0.0227 kt +14.1%
1989 0.0252 kt +11.0%
1990 0.0408 kt +61.9%
1991 0.0417 kt +2.2%
1992 0.0422 kt +1.2%
1993 0.0422 kt +0.0%
1994 0.0478 kt +13.3%
1995 0.0431 kt -9.8%
1996 0.045 kt +4.4%
1997 0.0449 kt -0.2%
1998 0.0445 kt -0.9%
1999 0.0406 kt -8.8%
2000 0.0397 kt -2.2%
2001 0.0391 kt -1.5%
2002 0.0399 kt +2.0%
2003 0.0413 kt +3.5%
2004 0.0398 kt -3.6%
2005 0.0408 kt +2.5%
2006 0.0416 kt +2.0%
2007 0.0398 kt -4.3%
2008 0.0406 kt +2.0%
2009 0.0408 kt +0.5%
2010 0.0402 kt -1.5%
2011 0.0391 kt -2.7%
2012 0.0393 kt +0.5%
2013 0.0403 kt +2.5%
2014 0.0407 kt +1.0%
2015 0.0412 kt +1.2%
2016 0.0413 kt +0.2%
2017 0.0433 kt +4.8%
2018 0.0419 kt -3.2%
2019 0.0441 kt +5.3%
2020 0.0446 kt +1.1%
2021 0.0447 kt +0.2%
2022 0.0453 kt +1.3%
2023 0.0456 kt +0.7%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 0.0456 kt is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.6 kt, 0% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 0.0456 kt is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.25 kt, 0% of the median. (26 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Energy — Emissions (CH4) in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1990 +61.9% 0.0252 kt 0.0408 kt
1987 +34.5% 0.0148 kt 0.0199 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0144 kt 0.0131 kt 0.0148 kt 9
1970s 0.0158 kt 0.0144 kt 0.0178 kt 10
1980s 0.0191 kt 0.0148 kt 0.0252 kt 10
1990s 0.0433 kt 0.0406 kt 0.0478 kt 10
2000s 0.0403 kt 0.0391 kt 0.0416 kt 10
2010s 0.0411 kt 0.0391 kt 0.0441 kt 10
2020s 0.045 kt 0.0446 kt 0.0456 kt 4

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 215 Malta 0.0871 kt compare
  2. 216 Kiribati 0.0614 kt compare
  3. 217 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0594 kt compare
  4. 219 British Virgin Islands 0.0347 kt compare
  5. 220 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0271 kt compare
  6. 220 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0271 kt compare

See the full ranking of 262 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is energy — emissions in Tonga?
Energy — emissions in Tonga was 0.0456 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest energy — emissions recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 0.0478 kt in 1994.
What is the lowest energy — emissions recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0131 kt in 1969.
How does Tonga rank for energy — emissions?
Tonga ranks 218th out of 229 countries with data for 2023.
Is energy — emissions rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tonga data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Energy — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Energy — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
262 places, 15,109 data points, 1961–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf