Kiribati vs Marshall Islands: How have things changed?, per capita

Kiribati
2.07 metric tons per person
in 2024
Marshall Islands
2.58 metric tons per person
in 2024
Kiribati rank
7th
Marshall Islands rank
6th

How have things changed?, per capita over time

  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
0123196519942024

How they compare

Marshall Islands currently reports 2.58 metric tons per person against 2.07 metric tons per person in Kiribati, a difference of 0.51 metric tons per person.

That makes Marshall Islands's figure about 1.2 times Kiribati's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 7th and Marshall Islands ranks 6th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 4 and Marshall Islands in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Marshall Islands Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1309 metric tons per person 0.0041 metric tons per person 0.1268 metric tons per person Kiribati
1970s 0.1607 metric tons per person 0.0039 metric tons per person 0.1568 metric tons per person Kiribati
1980s 0.3424 metric tons per person 0.0062 metric tons per person 0.3362 metric tons per person Kiribati
1990s 0.4861 metric tons per person 0.0137 metric tons per person 0.4723 metric tons per person Kiribati
2000s 0.3918 metric tons per person 0.8027 metric tons per person 0.4109 metric tons per person Marshall Islands
2010s 1.13 metric tons per person 1.64 metric tons per person 0.5098 metric tons per person Marshall Islands
2020s 1.76 metric tons per person 2.23 metric tons per person 0.4702 metric tons per person Marshall Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how have things changed?, per capita, Kiribati or Marshall Islands?
Marshall Islands, at 2.58 metric tons per person against 2.07 metric tons per person in Kiribati as of 2024.
What is the difference in how have things changed?, per capita between Kiribati and Marshall Islands?
0.51 metric tons per person, with Marshall Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Marshall Islands?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Marshall Islands rank globally for how have things changed?, per capita?
Kiribati ranks 7th and Marshall Islands ranks 6th 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.