Per capita ghg excl land use in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Per capita ghg excl land use was 1.08 in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
1.08
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
151st
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.51
in 1998
All-time low
0.3207
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita ghg excl land use in Papua New Guinea, 1850–2024

0.250.50.7511.21.5185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 1.08 for per capita ghg excl land use in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita ghg excl land use in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1.51 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.3207, in 1850.

That places Papua New Guinea 151st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.3569 0.3207 0.3961 10
1860s 0.44 0.4058 0.4768 10
1870s 0.5299 0.4859 0.5773 10
1880s 0.6484 0.5825 0.7344 10
1890s 0.7632 0.7572 0.7745 10
1900s 0.8143 0.7761 0.8663 10
1910s 1.07 0.893 1.29 10
1920s 1.28 1.19 1.34 10
1930s 0.9285 0.7123 1.15 10
1940s 0.5031 0.3297 0.6734 10
1950s 0.342 0.3295 0.3512 10
1960s 0.3594 0.3213 0.4235 10
1970s 0.6923 0.472 0.7926 10
1980s 0.817 0.736 0.8723 10
1990s 0.9437 0.8189 1.51 10
2000s 1.11 0.9347 1.35 10
2010s 0.9711 0.7477 1.13 10
2020s 1.1 1.08 1.12 5

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 148 Sri Lanka 1.18 compare
  2. 149 Nicaragua 1.13 compare
  3. 150 Djibouti 1.13 compare
  4. 152 Comoros 1.05 compare
  5. 153 Zambia 1.01 compare
  6. 154 Ghana 1.01 compare

See the full ranking of 198 places β†’

More climate change data for Papua New Guinea

All data for Papua New Guinea β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is per capita ghg excl land use in Papua New Guinea?
Per capita ghg excl land use in Papua New Guinea was 1.08 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita ghg excl land use recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 1.51 in 1998.
What is the lowest per capita ghg excl land use recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3207 in 1850.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for per capita ghg excl land use?
Papua New Guinea ranks 151st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita ghg excl land use rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita ghg excl land use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita ghg excl land use
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 33,742 data points, 1850–2024
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