Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu

Tuvalu: Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use was 1.18 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.18 tonnes per person
Change on year
up 6.4%
World rank
147th
of 208 countries
All-time high
1.18 tonnes per person
in 2024
All-time low
0.3913 tonnes per person
in 1996
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu, 1990–2024

0.40.60.811.21990200720241990: 0.415 tonnes per person1991: 0.409 tonnes per person1992: 0.404 tonnes per person1993: 0.801 tonnes per person1994: 0.397 tonnes per person1995: 0.394 tonnes per person1996: 0.391 tonnes per person1997: 0.778 tonnes per person1998: 0.774 tonnes per person1999: 0.77 tonnes per person2000: 0.766 tonnes per person2001: 0.763 tonnes per person2002: 1.1 tonnes per person2003: 1.1 tonnes per person2004: 1.1 tonnes per person2005: 1.1 tonnes per person2006: 1.1 tonnes per person2007: 1.1 tonnes per person2008: 0.708 tonnes per person2009: 1 tonnes per person2010: 1 tonnes per person2011: 1 tonnes per person2012: 1 tonnes per person2013: 0.664 tonnes per person2014: 0.666 tonnes per person2015: 0.667 tonnes per person2016: 0.669 tonnes per person2017: 0.673 tonnes per person2018: 1 tonnes per person2019: 1 tonnes per person2020: 1.1 tonnes per person2021: 1.1 tonnes per person2022: 1.1 tonnes per person2023: 1.1 tonnes per person2024: 1.2 tonnes per person

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu stood at 1.18 tonnes per person. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 77.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu peaked at 1.18 tonnes per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3913 tonnes per person, in 1996.

That places Tuvalu 147th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5534 tonnes per person 0.3913 tonnes per person 0.8012 tonnes per person 10
2000s 0.9946 tonnes per person 0.7084 tonnes per person 1.14 tonnes per person 10
2010s 0.845 tonnes per person 0.6645 tonnes per person 1.04 tonnes per person 10
2020s 1.1 tonnes per person 1.05 tonnes per person 1.18 tonnes per person 5

Countries ranked near Tuvalu

  1. 144 Syrian Arab Republic 1.29 tonnes per person compare
  2. 145 Cambodia 1.24 tonnes per person compare
  3. 146 Honduras 1.19 tonnes per person compare
  4. 148 Paraguay 1.15 tonnes per person compare
  5. 149 Namibia 1.14 tonnes per person compare
  6. 150 Cape Verde 1.13 tonnes per person compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

More climate change data for Tuvalu

All data for Tuvalu →

Frequently asked questions

What is per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu?
Per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu was 1.18 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use recorded in Tuvalu?
The highest recorded value was 1.18 tonnes per person in 2024.
What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use recorded in Tuvalu?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3913 tonnes per person in 1996.
How does Tuvalu rank for per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use?
Tuvalu ranks 147th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita co₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use rising or falling in Tuvalu?
Over the last ten years it is up 77.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tuvalu data come from?
The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu. Statizoid, drawing on Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-consumption-based-co-emissions-vs-per-capita-energy-consumption/tuvalu/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-consumption-based-co-emissions-vs-per-capita-energy-consumption/tuvalu/">Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use in Tuvalu</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.