Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita was 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
130th
of 196 countries
All-time high
0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
All-time low
0.0712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tonga, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tonga peaked at 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 1960.
That places Tonga 130th out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tonga, year by year
| Year | tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0757 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +6.3% |
| 1962 | 0.0837 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 0.084 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0788 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0866 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0883 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0918 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 0.087 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0974 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1008 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.123 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +22.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1311 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1451 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +27.8% |
| 1979 | 0.1877 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1911 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 0.2025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -17.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 0.1872 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +20.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1839 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.2092 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 0.2155 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 0.201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 0.2021 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.2113 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2094 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.2174 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.2035 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2096 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2128 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2144 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.2185 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.2011 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 0.1984 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1998 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2027 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1986 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1986 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1989 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.2067 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 0.2058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.1992 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1962 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2019 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2036 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2062 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2083 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2149 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2233 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2239 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.2243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2283 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.2298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.2326 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2719 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 87% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2284 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +27.8% | 0.1451 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0822 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0883 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1236 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1877 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2185 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2011 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1984 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2067 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2094 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1962 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2239 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 127 United Arab Emirates 0.2399 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 128 Samoa 0.2377 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 129 Nepal 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 131 Armenia 0.2346 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 132 Djibouti 0.2298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 133 Morocco 0.2276 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
More climate change data for Tonga
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 0 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 138.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 28.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 110.37 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.1068 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tonga?
- Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tonga was 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1960.
- How does Tonga rank for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
- Tonga ranks 130th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Greenhouse gas emissions by gas Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.