Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Trinidad and Tobago

Greenhouse gases per capita in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 — 27.18 t/person. Ranked 194 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 202.9%.

2024 27.18 t/person −2.88% vs 2023
World rank 194of 199
Period maximum 39.35 t/person2010
Period minimum 4.47 t/person1899

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Trinidad and Tobago, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 8.97 t/person1853: 7.79 t/person1856: 7.45 t/person1859: 7.2 t/person1862: 6.63 t/person1865: 6.42 t/person1868: 6.23 t/person1871: 9.27 t/person1874: 9.48 t/person1877: 9.16 t/person1880: 7.99 t/person1883: 7.22 t/person1886: 6.8 t/person1889: 6.44 t/person1892: 5.06 t/person1895: 4.76 t/person1898: 4.54 t/person1901: 6.51 t/person1904: 6.77 t/person1907: 6.71 t/person1910: 5.66 t/person1913: 5.4 t/person1916: 5.72 t/person1919: 6.19 t/person1922: 5.72 t/person1925: 7.99 t/person1928: 10.86 t/person1931: 10.56 t/person1934: 14.17 t/person1937: 19.4 t/person1940: 26.28 t/person1943: 23.95 t/person1946: 23.45 t/person1949: 26.33 t/person1952: 7.62 t/person1955: 6.69 t/person1958: 6.83 t/person1961: 7.76 t/person1964: 6.36 t/person1967: 7.34 t/person1970: 12.22 t/person1973: 12.98 t/person1976: 18.39 t/person1979: 18.44 t/person1982: 18.85 t/person1985: 20.45 t/person1988: 15.83 t/person1991: 16.75 t/person1994: 15.26 t/person1997: 17.52 t/person2000: 22.12 t/person2003: 28.32 t/person2006: 36.92 t/person2009: 37.48 t/person2012: 37.93 t/person2015: 36.83 t/person2018: 32.03 t/person2021: 28.86 t/person2024: 27.18 t/person
Change over the period: +18.21 (+202.89%) Average annual rate: 0.64 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago 27.18 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Latin America & Caribbean computed 7.98 t/person
High-income countries computed 12.59 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 27.18 −0.81 −2.88%
2023 27.99 −1.47 −4.99%
2022 29.46 +0.6 +2.09%
2021 28.86 +0.71 +2.54%
2020 28.14 −3.89 −12.13%
2019 32.03 −0 −0.01%
2018 32.03 −0.54 −1.67%
2017 32.57 +0.21 +0.66%
2016 32.36 −4.47 −12.14%
2015 36.83 −1.05 −2.77%
2014 37.88 +0.66 +1.79%
2013 37.22 −0.72 −1.89%
2012 37.93 −1.16 −2.96%
2011 39.09 −0.25 −0.65%
2010 39.35 +1.87 +4.98%
2009 37.48 −0.14 −0.38%
2008 37.63 −1.16 −3%
2007 38.79 +1.87 +5.07%
2006 36.92 +3.65 +10.95%
2005 33.27 +4.59 +16%
2004 28.68 +0.36 +1.27%
2003 28.32 +2.78 +10.89%
2002 25.54 +1.65 +6.9%
2001 23.9 +1.78 +8.04%
2000 22.12 +1.21 +5.77%
1999 20.91 +2.03 +10.76%
1998 18.88 +1.36 +7.73%
1997 17.52 +0.11 +0.6%
1996 17.42 +2.71 +18.46%
1995 14.7 −0.56 −3.67%
1994 15.26 −1.51 −8.99%
1993 16.77 −1.34 −7.37%
1992 18.11 +1.36 +8.11%
1991 16.75 −0.62 −3.57%
1990 17.37 +0.75 +4.54%
1989 16.61 +0.79 +4.97%
1988 15.83 −1.55 −8.89%
1987 17.37 +0.03 +0.19%
1986 17.34 −3.11 −15.21%
1985 20.45 +2.65 +14.89%
1984 17.8 +1 +5.95%
1983 16.8 −2.05 −10.87%
1982 18.85 +0.49 +2.68%
1981 18.36 −0 −0.01%
1980 18.36 −0.08 −0.46%
1979 18.44 +0.88 +4.98%
1978 17.57 −0.93 −5.03%
1977 18.5 +0.11 +0.6%
1976 18.39 +5.82 +46.27%
1975 12.57 −0.57 −4.37%
1974 13.15 +0.16 +1.24%
1973 12.98 +0.3 +2.36%
1972 12.69 +1.67 +15.16%
1971 11.02 −1.21 −9.89%
1970 12.22 +5.87 +92.5%
1969 6.35 −0.15 −2.34%
1968 6.5 −0.84 −11.39%
1967 7.34 +0.7 +10.53%
1966 6.64 −1.56 −19.04%
1965 8.2 +1.84 +28.89%
1964 6.36 +1.82 +39.98%
1963 4.55 −7.03 −60.74%
1962 11.58 +3.82 +49.2%
1961 7.76 +3.03 +63.92%
1960 4.73 −0.84 −15.02%
1959 5.57 −1.26 −18.43%
1958 6.83 +1.1 +19.2%
1957 5.73 −0.94 −14.14%
1956 6.67 −0.02 −0.24%
1955 6.69 −0.52 −7.17%
1954 7.21 −0.43 −5.66%
1953 7.64 +0.02 +0.29%
1952 7.62 +0.14 +1.87%
1951 7.48 −0.09 −1.18%
1950 7.57 −18.76 −71.26%
1949 26.33 +1.16 +4.6%
1948 25.17 +0.5 +2.04%
1947 24.67 +1.21 +5.17%
1946 23.45 −0.71 −2.93%
1945 24.16 −0.1 −0.41%
1944 24.26 +0.31 +1.3%
1943 23.95 −1.36 −5.37%
1942 25.31 +1.07 +4.41%
1941 24.24 −2.04 −7.76%
1940 26.28 +2.7 +11.46%
1939 23.58 +2.04 +9.45%
1938 21.54 +2.14 +11.03%
1937 19.4 +3.43 +21.49%
1936 15.97 +1.25 +8.5%
1935 14.72 +0.55 +3.87%
1934 14.17 +1.21 +9.32%
1933 12.96 +2.05 +18.75%
1932 10.92 +0.36 +3.36%
1931 10.56 −1.35 −11.36%
1930 11.92 +0.02 +0.17%
1929 11.9 +1.04 +9.58%
1928 10.86 +2.7 +33.03%
1927 8.16 +0.31 +3.92%
1926 7.85 −0.13 −1.68%
1925 7.99 +0.77 +10.67%
1924 7.22 +1.02 +16.37%
1923 6.2 +0.48 +8.48%
1922 5.72 −0.23 −3.87%
1921 5.95 +0.03 +0.47%
1920 5.92 −0.27 −4.36%
1919 6.19 −0.35 −5.41%
1918 6.54 +0.57 +9.6%
1917 5.97 +0.25 +4.28%
1916 5.72 +0.16 +2.84%
1915 5.57 +0.06 +1.03%
1914 5.51 +0.11 +1.98%
1913 5.4 −0.02 −0.42%
1912 5.43 +0 +0.04%
1911 5.42 −0.23 −4.14%
1910 5.66 −1.11 −16.34%
1909 6.76 +0.09 +1.3%
1908 6.68 −0.04 −0.57%
1907 6.71 −0.03 −0.47%
1906 6.75 −0.02 −0.31%
1905 6.77 −0.01 −0.09%
1904 6.77 +0.01 +0.18%
1903 6.76 +0.05 +0.75%
1902 6.71 +0.2 +3.09%
1901 6.51 +0.47 +7.78%
1900 6.04 +1.57 +35.1%
1899 4.47 −0.07 −1.43%
1898 4.54 −0.07 −1.5%
1897 4.6 −0.07 −1.56%
1896 4.68 −0.08 −1.66%
1895 4.76 −0.09 −1.8%
1894 4.84 −0.1 −1.98%
1893 4.94 −0.12 −2.29%
1892 5.06 −0.19 −3.71%
1891 5.25 −0.33 −5.9%
1890 5.58 −0.86 −13.37%
1889 6.44 −0.11 −1.72%
1888 6.56 −0.12 −1.83%
1887 6.68 −0.13 −1.85%
1886 6.8 −0.13 −1.89%
1885 6.93 −0.14 −1.95%
1884 7.07 −0.15 −2.01%
1883 7.22 −0.16 −2.14%
1882 7.38 −0.24 −3.11%
1881 7.61 −0.38 −4.73%
1880 7.99 −0.91 −10.27%
1879 8.9 −0.13 −1.38%
1878 9.03 −0.13 −1.45%
1877 9.16 −0.12 −1.31%
1876 9.28 −0.11 −1.15%
1875 9.39 −0.09 −0.93%
1874 9.48 −0.05 −0.57%
1873 9.53 +0 +0.04%
1872 9.53 +0.26 +2.77%
1871 9.27 +0.69 +8.06%
1870 8.58 +2.43 +39.42%
1869 6.16 −0.08 −1.22%
1868 6.23 −0.06 −0.99%
1867 6.29 −0.06 −0.99%
1866 6.36 −0.06 −1%
1865 6.42 −0.07 −1.02%
1864 6.49 −0.07 −1.02%
1863 6.55 −0.07 −1.1%
1862 6.63 −0.1 −1.46%
1861 6.72 −0.14 −2.07%
1860 6.87 −0.34 −4.65%
1859 7.2 −0.08 −1.11%
1858 7.28 −0.08 −1.11%
1857 7.36 −0.09 −1.17%
1856 7.45 −0.1 −1.26%
1855 7.55 −0.12 −1.53%
1854 7.66 −0.13 −1.62%
1853 7.79 −0.17 −2.11%
1852 7.96 −0.35 −4.17%
1851 8.3 −0.67 −7.48%
1850 8.97

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.