Australia vs New Zealand: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita

Australia
0.006 units per person
in 2019
New Zealand
0.0066 units per person
in 2019
Australia rank
16th
New Zealand rank
13th

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
0.0040.0060.0080.010.0120.014199020042019

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.0066 units per person against 0.006 units per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0006 units per person.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 16th and New Zealand ranks 13th of 209 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0129 units per person 0.0049 units per person 0.008 units per person Australia
2000s 0.0105 units per person 0.0052 units per person 0.0053 units per person Australia
2010s 0.0065 units per person 0.0063 units per person 0.0001 units per person Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per capita, Australia or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.0066 units per person against 0.006 units per person in Australia as of 2019.
What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per capita between Australia and New Zealand?
0.0006 units per person, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2019.
How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per capita?
Australia ranks 16th and New Zealand ranks 13th of 209 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
209 places, 6,120 data points, 1990–2019
Last refreshed

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.