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Per capita methane emissions in Tonga

Tonga: Per capita methane emissions was 1 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
1
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
91st
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.06
in 1981
All-time low
0.4437
in 1959
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Tonga, 1850–2024

00.250.50.751185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Tonga recorded 1 for per capita methane emissions in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Tonga peaked at 1.06 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.4437, in 1959.

Tonga ranks 91st of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Per capita methane emissions in Tonga, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.8927 —
1851 0.8957 +0.3%
1852 0.8984 +0.3%
1853 0.9008 +0.3%
1854 0.9033 +0.3%
1855 0.9057 +0.3%
1856 0.908 +0.3%
1857 0.9104 +0.3%
1858 0.9127 +0.3%
1859 0.9151 +0.3%
1860 0.9174 +0.3%
1861 0.918 +0.1%
1862 0.9186 +0.1%
1863 0.9193 +0.1%
1864 0.9199 +0.1%
1865 0.9205 +0.1%
1866 0.9211 +0.1%
1867 0.9217 +0.1%
1868 0.9222 +0.1%
1869 0.9228 +0.1%
1870 0.9234 +0.1%
1871 0.924 +0.1%
1872 0.9247 +0.1%
1873 0.9253 +0.1%
1874 0.926 +0.1%
1875 0.9266 +0.1%
1876 0.9272 +0.1%
1877 0.9278 +0.1%
1878 0.9285 +0.1%
1879 0.9291 +0.1%
1880 0.9297 +0.1%
1881 0.9302 +0.1%
1882 0.9309 +0.1%
1883 0.9317 +0.1%
1884 0.9324 +0.1%
1885 0.9331 +0.1%
1886 0.9339 +0.1%
1887 0.9346 +0.1%
1888 0.9353 +0.1%
1889 0.936 +0.1%
1890 0.9368 +0.1%
1891 0.9373 +0.1%
1892 0.9379 +0.1%
1893 0.9385 +0.1%
1894 0.9391 +0.1%
1895 0.9397 +0.1%
1896 0.9403 +0.1%
1897 0.9409 +0.1%
1898 0.9414 +0.1%
1899 0.9396 -0.2%
1900 0.9355 -0.4%
1901 0.929 -0.7%
1902 0.9205 -0.9%
1903 0.9098 -1.2%
1904 0.8993 -1.2%
1905 0.8888 -1.2%
1906 0.8784 -1.2%
1907 0.8682 -1.2%
1908 0.8581 -1.2%
1909 0.849 -1.1%
1910 0.8411 -0.9%
1911 0.8333 -0.9%
1912 0.8266 -0.8%
1913 0.8208 -0.7%
1914 0.815 -0.7%
1915 0.8093 -0.7%
1916 0.8036 -0.7%
1917 0.798 -0.7%
1918 0.7934 -0.6%
1919 0.7877 -0.7%
1920 0.781 -0.8%
1921 0.7734 -1.0%
1922 0.7648 -1.1%
1923 0.7554 -1.2%
1924 0.7461 -1.2%
1925 0.737 -1.2%
1926 0.7278 -1.2%
1927 0.7189 -1.2%
1928 0.71 -1.2%
1929 0.7011 -1.3%
1930 0.6921 -1.3%
1931 0.6833 -1.3%
1932 0.6743 -1.3%
1933 0.6653 -1.3%
1934 0.6564 -1.3%
1935 0.6476 -1.3%
1936 0.6375 -1.6%
1937 0.6276 -1.6%
1938 0.6179 -1.6%
1939 0.6065 -1.8%
1940 0.5937 -2.1%
1941 0.5811 -2.1%
1942 0.5673 -2.4%
1943 0.5523 -2.6%
1944 0.5377 -2.6%
1945 0.5229 -2.8%
1946 0.5086 -2.7%
1947 0.4945 -2.8%
1948 0.4808 -2.8%
1949 0.4672 -2.8%
1950 0.4574 -2.1%
1951 0.4651 +1.7%
1952 0.4692 +0.9%
1953 0.4699 +0.1%
1954 0.4674 -0.5%
1955 0.4625 -1.0%
1956 0.4561 -1.4%
1957 0.4503 -1.3%
1958 0.4462 -0.9%
1959 0.4437 -0.6%
1960 0.4441 +0.1%
1961 0.4462 +0.5%
1962 0.4983 +11.7%
1963 0.5024 +0.8%
1964 0.491 -2.3%
1965 0.4814 -1.9%
1966 0.5217 +8.4%
1967 0.4848 -7.1%
1968 0.5033 +3.8%
1969 0.5137 +2.1%
1970 0.5229 +1.8%
1971 0.5171 -1.1%
1972 0.5155 -0.3%
1973 0.567 +10.0%
1974 0.5905 +4.1%
1975 0.6505 +10.1%
1976 0.7041 +8.3%
1977 0.773 +9.8%
1978 0.9251 +19.7%
1979 0.9382 +1.4%
1980 0.9559 +1.9%
1981 1.06 +11.0%
1982 0.9804 -7.6%
1983 0.8487 -13.4%
1984 0.7713 -9.1%
1985 0.8778 +13.8%
1986 0.9149 +4.2%
1987 0.9969 +9.0%
1988 1.06 +6.2%
1989 0.9781 -7.6%
1990 0.9239 -5.5%
1991 0.9258 +0.2%
1992 0.9502 +2.6%
1993 0.9466 -0.4%
1994 0.9334 -1.4%
1995 0.8929 -4.3%
1996 0.8982 +0.6%
1997 0.8939 -0.5%
1998 0.8898 -0.5%
1999 0.8994 +1.1%
2000 0.9137 +1.6%
2001 0.9107 -0.3%
2002 0.9091 -0.2%
2003 0.9071 -0.2%
2004 0.9032 -0.4%
2005 0.9009 -0.3%
2006 0.8981 -0.3%
2007 0.8962 -0.2%
2008 0.8971 +0.1%
2009 0.8986 +0.2%
2010 0.9009 +0.3%
2011 0.9009 +0.0%
2012 0.911 +1.1%
2013 0.9171 +0.7%
2014 0.927 +1.1%
2015 0.9387 +1.3%
2016 0.9506 +1.3%
2017 0.9588 +0.9%
2018 0.9607 +0.2%
2019 0.9659 +0.5%
2020 0.97 +0.4%
2021 0.9763 +0.6%
2022 0.986 +1.0%
2023 0.9934 +0.8%
2024 1 +0.9%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 1 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.07, 94% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 1 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.82, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.9043 0.8927 0.9151 10
1860s 0.9201 0.9174 0.9228 10
1870s 0.9263 0.9234 0.9291 10
1880s 0.9328 0.9297 0.936 10
1890s 0.9391 0.9368 0.9414 10
1900s 0.8937 0.849 0.9355 10
1910s 0.8129 0.7877 0.8411 10
1920s 0.7416 0.7011 0.781 10
1930s 0.6508 0.6065 0.6921 10
1940s 0.5306 0.4672 0.5937 10
1950s 0.4588 0.4437 0.4699 10
1960s 0.4887 0.4441 0.5217 10
1970s 0.6704 0.5155 0.9382 10
1980s 0.9443 0.7713 1.06 10
1990s 0.9154 0.8898 0.9502 10
2000s 0.9035 0.8962 0.9137 10
2010s 0.9332 0.9009 0.9659 10
2020s 0.9857 0.97 1 5

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 88 Belgium 1.02 compare
  2. 89 Finland 1.01 compare
  3. 90 Vanuatu 1.01 compare
  4. 92 Guatemala 0.999 compare
  5. 93 Singapore 0.9946 compare
  6. 94 Zambia 0.9919 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Tonga?
Per capita methane emissions in Tonga was 1 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 in 1981.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4437 in 1959.
How does Tonga rank for per capita methane emissions?
Tonga ranks 91st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tonga data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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