Australia vs New Zealand: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita

Australia
0.0023 units per person
in 2019
New Zealand
0.0026 units per person
in 2019
Australia rank
4th
New Zealand rank
2nd

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
00.0010.0020.0030.0040.005199020042019

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.0026 units per person against 0.0023 units per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0003 units per person.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 4th and New Zealand ranks 2nd of 206 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0037 units per person 0.0035 units per person 0.0002 units per person Australia
2000s 0.0034 units per person 0.0032 units per person 0.0002 units per person Australia
2010s 0.0027 units per person 0.0028 units per person 0.0001 units per person New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per capita, Australia or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.0026 units per person against 0.0023 units per person in Australia as of 2019.
What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per capita between Australia and New Zealand?
0.0003 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) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per capita?
Australia ranks 4th and New Zealand ranks 2nd of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 6,030 data points, 1990–2019
Last refreshed

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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.