Cuba vs Tunisia: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Cuba
0.2709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Tunisia
0.2721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Cuba rank
105th
Tunisia rank
104th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Cuba
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 0.2721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.2709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Cuba, a difference of 0.0012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 105th and Tunisia ranks 104th of 201 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1728 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1107 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1860s | 0.1749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1149 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1870s | 0.1913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1254 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1880s | 0.2003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0762 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1241 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1890s | 0.2529 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0777 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1753 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1900s | 0.3394 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.077 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2624 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1910s | 0.3436 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0885 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2551 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1920s | 0.2691 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1183 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1508 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1930s | 0.2334 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1325 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1940s | 0.3259 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2806 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1950s | 0.5028 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3497 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1960s | 0.5971 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3426 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2544 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1970s | 0.5812 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3698 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2114 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1980s | 0.6364 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3035 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 1990s | 0.461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2694 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1916 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 2000s | 0.359 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2772 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 2010s | 0.3459 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2726 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0732 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
| 2020s | 0.2948 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2691 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Cuba or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 0.2721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.2709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Cuba and Tunisia?
- 0.0012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Tunisia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Tunisia rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Cuba ranks 105th and Tunisia ranks 104th 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.