New Zealand

CO₂ per person in New Zealand

CO₂ per person in New Zealand: 5.51 tonnes in 1970 and 6.01 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024
6.01 tonnes
Since 1970
+0.5 tonnes
Rank, 2024
41 of 202
counting from the highest
World, 2024
4.69 tonnes
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tonnes per person · EDGAR

CO₂ per person in New ZealandCO₂ per person in New Zealand: 5.51 tonnes in 1970 and 6.01 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates. The highest was 9 tonnes in 2001, the lowest 5.29 tonnes in 1971.
Estimates, EDGARWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 9 tonnes in 2001, the lowest 5.29 tonnes in 1971.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

YearNew ZealandWorld
20246.014.69
20236.114.68
20226.324.67
20216.834.69
20206.844.48
20197.494.7
20187.274.74
20177.534.67
20167.374.65
20157.684.7
20147.814.78
20137.794.81
20127.894.77
20117.464.76
20107.694.67
20097.774.45
20088.54.56
20078.314.59
20068.684.48
20058.764.39
20048.694.28
20038.924.15
20028.874.02
200194.01
20008.554.01
19998.353.95
19987.983.98
19978.294.02
19967.994.01
19957.843.99
19947.713.94
19937.653.97
19927.734.02
19917.344.1
19907.54.15
19897.024.16
19887.14.16
19876.734.1
19866.444.04
19856.614.05
19846.344.07
19836.274.01
19826.34.05
19815.834.18
19805.924.33
19795.894.46
19786.444.42
19776.624.36
19766.464.31
19755.944.15
19746.44.23
19736.34.32
19725.944.16
19715.294.04
19705.514.15

Good to know

  • Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
  • Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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