Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions was 0.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions in Vanuatu, 1962–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 0.0% for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in Vanuatu peaked at 0.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1962.
That places Vanuatu 198th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
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More climate change data for Vanuatu
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Population, total 335,169 (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Urban population 74,816 (2025)
- Urban population 22.3% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.6012 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 5.55 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.6012 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.6012 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in Vanuatu?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in Vanuatu was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1962.
- How does Vanuatu rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions?
- Vanuatu ranks 198th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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 cumulative CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂.