Total greenhouse gas emissions per capita (excluding land use) in Oceania

19 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: t CO₂ eq. per person. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.09 t
Northern Mariana Islands
Median country
1.02 t
half above, half below
World total
6.36 t
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.09 to 86.68
Northern Mariana Islands - Palau

How to read it

Across 19 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Palau (86.68 t) and the lowest in Northern Mariana Islands (0.09 t).

The median country is at 1.02 t: half are above, half below.

Total annual emissions of the six greenhouse gases (GHG) covered by the Kyoto Protocol (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphurhexafluoride (SF6)) from the energy, industry, waste, and agriculture sectors, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by…

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Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, uri… · via World Bank WDI (EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5) · licence

GHG per capita over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Northern Mariana Islands0.09
2Marshall Islands0.11
3Guam0.11
4Nauru0.12
5American Samoa0.19
6Tuvalu0.43
7Federated States of Micronesia0.54
8Solomon Islands0.76
9Kiribati0.86
10Papua New Guinea1.02
11Vanuatu1.93
12Samoa2.39
13Tonga2.81
14Fiji2.96
15French Polynesia3.84
16New Zealand14.71
17New Caledonia18.39
18Australia21.75
19Palau86.68
World Bank, WDI · EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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