CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat in Tonga

Tonga: CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat was 0.05 in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.05
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
168th
of 187 countries
All-time high
0.05
in 2016
All-time low
0.02
in 1990
Years of data
29
1990–2018

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat in Tonga, 1990–2018

00.010.020.030.040.051990200420181990: 0.021991: 0.021992: 0.021993: 0.021994: 0.021995: 0.021996: 0.021997: 0.021998: 0.021999: 0.022000: 0.032001: 0.032002: 0.032003: 0.032004: 0.032005: 0.042006: 0.042007: 0.042008: 0.042009: 0.042010: 0.032011: 0.042012: 0.042013: 0.042014: 0.042015: 0.042016: 0.052017: 0.052018: 0.05

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2018, co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat in Tonga stood at 0.05. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

The figure is up 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat in Tonga peaked at 0.05 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.02, in 1990.

That places Tonga 168th out of 187 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat in Tonga, year by year

Annual values for CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat in Tonga, 1990 to 2018.
Year Value Change
1990 0.02 —
1991 0.02 +0.0%
1992 0.02 +0.0%
1993 0.02 +0.0%
1994 0.02 +0.0%
1995 0.02 +0.0%
1996 0.02 +0.0%
1997 0.02 +0.0%
1998 0.02 +0.0%
1999 0.02 +0.0%
2000 0.03 +50.0%
2001 0.03 +0.0%
2002 0.03 +0.0%
2003 0.03 +0.0%
2004 0.03 +0.0%
2005 0.04 +33.3%
2006 0.04 +0.0%
2007 0.04 +0.0%
2008 0.04 +0.0%
2009 0.04 +0.0%
2010 0.03 -25.0%
2011 0.04 +33.3%
2012 0.04 +0.0%
2013 0.04 +0.0%
2014 0.04 +0.0%
2015 0.04 +0.0%
2016 0.05 +25.0%
2017 0.05 +0.0%
2018 0.05 +0.0%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 0.05 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.79, 1% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 0.05 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.25, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.02 0.02 0.02 10
2000s 0.035 0.03 0.04 10
2010s 0.0422 0.03 0.05 9

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 167 Sao Tome and Principe 0.06 compare
  2. 168 Djibouti 0.05 compare
  3. 168 Vanuatu 0.05 compare
  4. 171 Eswatini 0.04 compare
  5. 171 Nauru 0.04 compare

See the full ranking of 187 places →

More reference data data for Tonga

All data for Tonga →

Frequently asked questions

What is co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat in Tonga?
Co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat in Tonga was 0.05 in 2018, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 0.05 in 2016.
What is the lowest co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 0.02 in 1990.
How does Tonga rank for co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat?
Tonga ranks 168th out of 187 countries with data for 2018.
Is co2 emissions by sector (mt co2 eq) - electricity/heat rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tonga data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 29 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat in Tonga. Statizoid. Retrieved 25 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/co2-emissions-by-sector-mt-co2-eq-electricity-heat/tonga/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/co2-emissions-by-sector-mt-co2-eq-electricity-heat/tonga/">CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat in Tonga</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 5,338 data points, 1990–2018
Last refreshed