How have things changed?, per capita in Greenland
Greenland: How have things changed?, per capita was 5.83 metric tons per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
How have things changed?, per capita in Greenland, 1965–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per person.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 5.83 metric tons per person for how have things changed?, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.6% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per capita in Greenland peaked at 7.85 metric tons per person in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.08 metric tons per person, in 1968.
Greenland ranks 3rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
How have things changed?, per capita in Greenland, year by year
| Year | metric tons per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1.38 metric tons per person | — |
| 1966 | 1.39 metric tons per person | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 1.28 metric tons per person | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 1.08 metric tons per person | -15.4% |
| 1969 | 1.93 metric tons per person | +78.2% |
| 1970 | 2.63 metric tons per person | +36.0% |
| 1971 | 2.42 metric tons per person | -7.9% |
| 1972 | 2.54 metric tons per person | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 2.81 metric tons per person | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 2.81 metric tons per person | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2.69 metric tons per person | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 2.67 metric tons per person | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 3.25 metric tons per person | +21.8% |
| 1978 | 3.65 metric tons per person | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 4.09 metric tons per person | +12.1% |
| 1980 | 4 metric tons per person | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 4.09 metric tons per person | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 3.99 metric tons per person | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 3.73 metric tons per person | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 3.57 metric tons per person | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 3.05 metric tons per person | -14.6% |
| 1986 | 2.34 metric tons per person | -23.4% |
| 1987 | 3.01 metric tons per person | +28.7% |
| 1988 | 3.22 metric tons per person | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 3.89 metric tons per person | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 3.58 metric tons per person | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 3.22 metric tons per person | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 3.3 metric tons per person | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 4.73 metric tons per person | +43.2% |
| 1994 | 4.72 metric tons per person | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 5.08 metric tons per person | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 5.32 metric tons per person | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 4.96 metric tons per person | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 5.3 metric tons per person | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 6.28 metric tons per person | +18.4% |
| 2000 | 6.26 metric tons per person | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 5.97 metric tons per person | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 6.3 metric tons per person | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 5.93 metric tons per person | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 6.59 metric tons per person | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 7.57 metric tons per person | +14.9% |
| 2006 | 7.85 metric tons per person | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 7.04 metric tons per person | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 7.13 metric tons per person | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 6.4 metric tons per person | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 6.53 metric tons per person | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 6.3 metric tons per person | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 6.09 metric tons per person | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 7.32 metric tons per person | +20.3% |
| 2014 | 7.61 metric tons per person | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 7.04 metric tons per person | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 6.85 metric tons per person | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 7.24 metric tons per person | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 7.26 metric tons per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 6.57 metric tons per person | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 6.34 metric tons per person | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 6.54 metric tons per person | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 7.05 metric tons per person | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 6.99 metric tons per person | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 5.83 metric tons per person | -16.6% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 5.83 metric tons per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0138 metric tons per person, 423.4× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 5.83 metric tons per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0052 metric tons per person, 1126.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per capita in Greenland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +78.2% | 1.08 metric tons per person | 1.93 metric tons per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.41 metric tons per person | 1.08 metric tons per person | 1.93 metric tons per person | 5 |
| 1970s | 2.95 metric tons per person | 2.42 metric tons per person | 4.09 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.49 metric tons per person | 2.34 metric tons per person | 4.09 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.65 metric tons per person | 3.22 metric tons per person | 6.28 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.71 metric tons per person | 5.93 metric tons per person | 7.85 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.88 metric tons per person | 6.09 metric tons per person | 7.61 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.55 metric tons per person | 5.83 metric tons per person | 7.05 metric tons per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 1 Faroe Islands 14.41 metric tons per person compare
- 2 Nauru 7.31 metric tons per person compare
- 4 Tuvalu 4.71 metric tons per person compare
- 5 Iceland 2.75 metric tons per person compare
- 6 Marshall Islands 2.58 metric tons per person compare
More reference data data for Greenland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 6.82 (2017)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 7.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- How have things changed?, annual growth rate -16.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0.0005 metric tons per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per capita in Greenland?
- How have things changed?, per capita in Greenland was 5.83 metric tons per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 7.85 metric tons per person in 2006.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.08 metric tons per person in 1968.
- How does Greenland rank for how have things changed?, per capita?
- Greenland ranks 3rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is how have things changed?, per capita rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How have things changed? ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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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.