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Tonga Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
292,904
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+3.05%
increase
Global Share
0%
Per Capita
2.55
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Tonga were 292,904 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 3.05% over the previous year, representing an increase by 8,662 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 284,242 tons.
  • Per capita: 2.55 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Tonga accounts for 0% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 292,904 169,794 97,481 25,630 2.55 3.05% 0.00055%
2023 284,242 161,835 96,975 25,433 2.52 0.19% 0.00054%
2022 283,706 161,417 96,922 25,367 2.51 −13.76% 0.00055%
2021 328,971 206,474 96,467 26,031 2.94 6.82% 0.00064%
2020 307,960 186,513 95,777 25,671 2.77 8.59% 0.00063%
2019 283,612 165,527 95,170 22,914 2.58 7.28% 0.00056%
2018 264,371 147,433 94,441 22,497 2.43 −2.65% 0.00052%
2017 271,558 154,854 94,044 22,660 2.51 4.88% 0.00055%
2016 258,927 143,192 93,409 22,326 2.42 3.83% 0.00053%
2015 249,370 134,732 92,727 21,911 2.34 1.54% 0.00051%
2014 245,596 131,847 91,983 21,766 2.32 5.73% 0.00051%
2013 232,277 119,424 91,383 21,470 2.21 0.63% 0.00048%
2012 230,826 118,160 91,097 21,570 2.2 −0.29% 0.00049%
2011 231,491 120,021 90,189 21,281 2.21 −2.66% 0.00049%
2010 237,815 126,211 90,028 21,576 2.28 −1.78% 0.00052%
2009 242,132 130,801 89,651 21,680 2.34 3.13% 0.00056%
2008 234,790 123,676 89,350 21,763 2.28 4.47% 0.00054%
2007 224,739 114,195 89,018 21,525 2.2 −7.67% 0.00052%
2006 243,396 133,070 88,811 21,516 2.39 5.34% 0.00058%
2005 231,060 121,177 88,612 21,272 2.29 4.39% 0.00056%
2004 221,345 111,805 88,383 21,157 2.2 −5.94% 0.00056%
2003 235,318 125,496 88,299 21,524 2.36 10.16% 0.00062%
2002 213,616 104,563 88,029 21,024 2.15 5.24% 0.00058%
2001 202,971 94,713 87,738 20,520 2.06 −2.48% 0.00056%
2000 208,140 99,802 87,549 20,789 2.12 −18.47% 0.00058%
1999 255,306 147,619 85,585 22,102 2.62 0.7% 0.00073%
1998 253,535 147,866 84,037 21,633 2.61 2.84% 0.00073%
1997 246,528 141,368 83,828 21,332 2.55 4.46% 0.00071%
1996 235,999 130,928 83,913 21,158 2.45 7.72% 0.00069%
1995 219,091 115,214 83,394 20,483 2.28 −11.85% 0.00065%
1994 248,534 139,682 86,955 21,897 2.59 18.54% 0.00076%
1993 209,666 100,308 88,067 21,291 2.19 0.29% 0.00065%
1992 209,062 99,173 88,343 21,545 2.19 4.78% 0.00065%
1991 199,523 94,391 85,794 19,338 2.09 2.81% 0.00062%
1990 194,068 89,067 85,452 19,549 2.04 −1.69% 0.00060%
1989 197,406 86,046 90,395 20,965 2.08 2.92% 0.00062%
1988 191,809 72,691 96,555 22,562 2.03 13.56% 0.00061%
1987 168,901 57,257 90,548 21,096 1.79 36.85% 0.00056%
1986 123,417 22,382 82,872 18,163 1.31 −11.48% 0.00042%
1985 139,419 41,581 79,569 18,269 1.48 14.1% 0.00048%
1984 122,187 37,690 70,014 14,483 1.3 −9.41% 0.00042%
1983 134,883 42,239 76,615 16,029 1.44 −10.38% 0.00048%
1982 150,508 42,749 88,370 19,389 1.61 −6.06% 0.00054%
1981 160,212 43,398 95,395 21,419 1.71 19.24% 0.00057%
1980 134,357 29,311 85,931 19,115 1.44 4% 0.00047%
1979 129,184 27,229 84,109 17,846 1.4 2.71% 0.00045%
1978 125,772 25,348 82,593 17,831 1.38 16.29% 0.00045%
1977 108,153 25,541 68,726 13,887 1.2 9.95% 0.00040%
1976 98,366 24,195 61,838 12,334 1.1 7.39% 0.00037%
1975 91,598 24,554 55,981 11,064 1.04 3.73% 0.00036%
1974 88,302 29,700 49,472 9,131 1.01 11.41% 0.00035%
1973 79,260 24,227 46,613 8,420 0.91 14.76% 0.00031%
1972 69,063 20,164 41,753 7,146 0.8 2.94% 0.00029%
1971 67,090 18,921 41,170 6,999 0.78 −0.11% 0.00029%
1970 67,162 18,919 40,815 7,429 0.8 0.00029%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).