CO₂ emissions per capita: Papua New Guinea
0.7890545 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7890545 |
| 2023 | 0.8044313 |
| 2022 | 0.82680374 |
| 2021 | 0.78629434 |
| 2020 | 0.8059286 |
| 2019 | 0.78912693 |
| 2018 | 0.8085464 |
| 2017 | 0.7136226 |
| 2016 | 0.7837863 |
| 2015 | 0.7224157 |
| 2014 | 0.71859366 |
| 2013 | 0.54584146 |
| 2012 | 0.54105073 |
| 2011 | 0.6741552 |
| 2010 | 0.6176331 |
| 2009 | 0.71081686 |
| 2008 | 0.77190316 |
| 2007 | 0.94510376 |
| 2006 | 0.7485404 |
| 2005 | 0.7625308 |
| 2004 | 0.740686 |
| 2003 | 0.66189414 |
| 2002 | 0.6188555 |
| 2001 | 0.58235204 |
| 2000 | 0.53058714 |
| 1999 | 0.47641286 |
| 1998 | 0.68446344 |
| 1997 | 0.523495 |
| 1996 | 0.45651782 |
| 1995 | 0.44179922 |
| 1994 | 0.48790815 |
| 1993 | 0.50793725 |
| 1992 | 0.5258528 |
| 1991 | 0.5402383 |
| 1990 | 0.55291724 |
| 1989 | 0.53568834 |
| 1988 | 0.5922583 |
| 1987 | 0.6425157 |
| 1986 | 0.58029455 |
| 1985 | 0.6108518 |
| 1984 | 0.6004088 |
| 1983 | 0.6023059 |
| 1982 | 0.59601855 |
| 1981 | 0.6039756 |
| 1980 | 0.58385015 |
| 1979 | 0.5853131 |
| 1978 | 0.55745846 |
| 1977 | 0.53707695 |
| 1976 | 0.54628843 |
| 1975 | 0.54410166 |
| 1974 | 0.576352 |
| 1973 | 0.4997653 |
| 1972 | 0.48231876 |
| 1971 | 0.32122454 |
| 1970 | 0.27637577 |
| 1969 | 0.22760257 |
| 1968 | 0.20995714 |
| 1967 | 0.18652755 |
| 1966 | 0.14907439 |
| 1965 | 0.1360175 |
| 1964 | 0.122226425 |
| 1963 | 0.11977324 |
| 1962 | 0.094490446 |
| 1961 | 0.09848822 |
| 1960 | 0.08998779 |
| 1959 | 0.08303662 |
| 1958 | 0.0775873 |
| 1957 | 0.07976007 |
| 1956 | 0.07174483 |
| 1955 | 0.07373421 |
| 1954 | 0.056252565 |
| 1953 | 0.0577275 |
| 1952 | 0.052357655 |
| 1951 | 0.039549746 |
| 1950 | 0.035608746 |