Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita was 0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
164th
of 196 countries
All-time high
0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
All-time low
0.081 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1979
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu is 0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, measured 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 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu peaked at 0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.081 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 1979.
That places Tuvalu 164th out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0878 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0877 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.1% |
| 1962 | 0.0877 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0878 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.089 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0924 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0941 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0956 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0963 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0954 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0954 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0956 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0941 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0898 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 0.086 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0867 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0835 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 0.081 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0866 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +11.6% |
| 1983 | 0.086 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0987 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 0.1039 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1052 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -11.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0921 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.119 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +29.2% |
| 1990 | 0.1172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.1277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.125 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1239 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1229 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.125 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.1242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1236 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1287 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.1281 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.1277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1302 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1295 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1282 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1267 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.1242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.1254 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1265 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1223 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1216 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.1211 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1214 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.1218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1223 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1231 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1322 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.136 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.139 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1425 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 0.1442 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, 53% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2284 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 63% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +29.2% | 0.0921 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.119 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0909 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0877 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0963 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0903 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.081 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0957 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.119 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1247 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1302 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1322 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1393 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 161 El Salvador 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 162 Japan 0.1449 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 163 Micronesia (country) 0.1446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 165 Haiti 0.1383 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 166 Bahrain 0.1344 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 167 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1342 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
More climate change data for Tuvalu
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1,224 kg (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 14.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2.52 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 12.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.0095 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.4437 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (2023)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu?
- Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Tuvalu was 0.1442 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 Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.081 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1979.
- How does Tuvalu rank for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
- Tuvalu ranks 164th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.