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Papua New Guinea — CO2 per capita
CO2 Emissions per Capita for Papua New Guinea, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
0.52
CO2 Emissions per Capita · metric tons per capita · +14.8% since 1970
CO2 per capita for Papua New Guinea was 0.52 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 0.80 in 2005. The lowest was 0.44 in 1971 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.26% per year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 161 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.50, so Papua New Guinea sits below it. It peaked in 2005 and has fallen 35% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
0.52
First (1970)
0.45
Change
+14.8%
Highest
0.80
in 2005
Lowest
0.44
in 1971
Average
0.58
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.26%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | metric tons per capita |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.52 |
| 2023 | 0.53 |
| 2022 | 0.54 |
| 2021 | 0.54 |
| 2020 | 0.56 |
| 2019 | 0.52 |
| 2018 | 0.52 |
| 2017 | 0.63 |
| 2016 | 0.74 |
| 2015 | 0.68 |
| 2014 | 0.65 |
| 2013 | 0.55 |
Reading this correctly. Carbon dioxide emissions per person, excluding those from land use change. There is usually a multi-year lag because of how emissions are reported. Figures are in metric tons per capita. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 — CO2 Emissions per Capita. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.