Australia vs Tonga: How have things changed?, per capita

Australia
0.0127 metric tons per person
in 2024
Tonga
0.0118 metric tons per person
in 2024
Australia rank
94th
Tonga rank
97th

How have things changed?, per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Tonga
00.010.020.030.040.05196519942024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.0127 metric tons per person against 0.0118 metric tons per person in Tonga, a difference of 0.0009 metric tons per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 94th and Tonga ranks 97th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Tonga in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Tonga Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0083 metric tons per person 0.0063 metric tons per person 0.002 metric tons per person Australia
1970s 0.0094 metric tons per person 0.0097 metric tons per person 0.0003 metric tons per person Tonga
1980s 0.012 metric tons per person 0.0249 metric tons per person 0.0129 metric tons per person Tonga
1990s 0.0146 metric tons per person 0.028 metric tons per person 0.0134 metric tons per person Tonga
2000s 0.0137 metric tons per person 0.0343 metric tons per person 0.0207 metric tons per person Tonga
2010s 0.0123 metric tons per person 0.0179 metric tons per person 0.0056 metric tons per person Tonga
2020s 0.0132 metric tons per person 0.012 metric tons per person 0.0011 metric tons per person Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how have things changed?, per capita, Australia or Tonga?
Australia, at 0.0127 metric tons per person against 0.0118 metric tons per person in Tonga as of 2024.
What is the difference in how have things changed?, per capita between Australia and Tonga?
0.0009 metric tons per person, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Tonga?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Australia and Tonga rank globally for how have things changed?, per capita?
Australia ranks 94th and Tonga ranks 97th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as How have things changed?, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
How have things changed?, per capita
Unit
metric tons per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,930 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed

How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.