Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Cape Verde
0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.1709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
157th
Papua New Guinea rank
155th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Cape Verde
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0031 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 157th and Papua New Guinea ranks 155th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0249 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cape Verde |
| 1860s | 0.0234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1870s | 0.0243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0049 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1880s | 0.0263 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0089 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1890s | 0.0258 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0406 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0148 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1900s | 0.0255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0493 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0238 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1910s | 0.0311 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0898 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0586 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1920s | 0.0425 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1141 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1930s | 0.0391 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1452 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1061 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1940s | 0.0807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.141 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0603 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1950s | 0.119 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1516 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0326 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 0.0896 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1866 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.097 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.078 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2641 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1862 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.1066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3185 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2119 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.1719 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1347 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.1592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2617 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.1556 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2007 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0451 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.1633 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0108 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Cape Verde or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.1709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Cape Verde as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0031 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Cape Verde ranks 157th and Papua New Guinea ranks 155th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.