Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal in Tonga
Tonga: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal was 0.0% in 1989. ▬ Flat
Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal in Tonga, 1970–1989
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 1989, share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Tonga stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Tonga peaked at 0.0% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1970.
Tonga ranks 141st of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 138 Burkina Faso 0.0% compare
- 140 Turkmenistan 0.0% compare
- 141 Andorra 0.0% compare
- 141 Angola 0.0% compare
- 141 Aruba 0.0% compare
- 141 Bahrain 0.0% compare
- 141 Barbados 0.0% compare
- 141 Bermuda 0.0% compare
- 141 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% compare
- 141 Cape Verde 0.0% compare
- 141 Central African Republic 0.0% compare
- 141 Chad 0.0% compare
- 141 Congo 0.0% compare
- 141 Curacao 0.0% compare
- 141 Ecuador 0.0% compare
- 141 El Salvador 0.0% compare
- 141 Faroe Islands 0.0% compare
- 141 Fiji 0.0% compare
- 141 Gabon 0.0% compare
- 141 Greenland 0.0% compare
- 141 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 141 Libya 0.0% compare
- 141 Macao 0.0% compare
- 141 Mauritania 0.0% compare
- 141 Paraguay 0.0% compare
- 141 Saint Helena 0.0% compare
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% compare
- 141 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% compare
- 141 Samoa 0.0% compare
- 141 Sierra Leone 0.0% compare
- 141 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% compare
- 141 South Sudan 0.0% compare
- 141 Sudan 0.0% compare
- 141 Suriname 0.0% compare
- 141 Togo 0.0% compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% compare
- 141 Tunisia 0.0% compare
- 141 Uganda 0.0% compare
- 141 Vanuatu 0.0% compare
More climate change data for Tonga
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth -0.4% (2025)
- Population, total 103,742 (2025)
- Urban population growth -0.4% (2025)
- Urban population 21,948 (2025)
- Urban population 21.2% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.46 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 4.92 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.46 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.46 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Tonga?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Tonga was 0.0% in 1989, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- How does Tonga rank for share of global co₂ emissions from coal?
- Tonga ranks 141st out of 179 countries with data for 1989.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from coal in the same year.