Australia vs New Zealand: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC

Australia
0.002 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) - IPCC over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
00.0010.0020.0030.0040.005196119902019

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.0026 units per person against 0.002 units per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0006 units per person.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.

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

Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0029 units per person 0.0043 units per person 0.0014 units per person New Zealand
1970s 0.0028 units per person 0.0043 units per person 0.0014 units per person New Zealand
1980s 0.0023 units per person 0.0042 units per person 0.0019 units per person New Zealand
1990s 0.0036 units per person 0.0035 units per person 0.0001 units per person Australia
2000s 0.0033 units per person 0.0032 units per person 0.0001 units per person Australia
2010s 0.0026 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) - ipcc, Australia or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.0026 units per person against 0.002 units per person in Australia as of 2019.
What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc 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?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc?
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) - IPCC Agriculture, 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) - IPCC Agriculture, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 10,762 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.