Maldives vs Upper middle income: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) over time
- Maldives
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 13.9 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Maldives ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 203 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 5 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Upper middle income |
| 1980s | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.0008 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0023 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.0051 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0047 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.0054 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.005 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e), Maldives or Upper middle income?
- Maldives, at 0.006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) between Maldives and Upper middle income?
- 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Upper middle income?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Maldives and Upper middle income rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e)?
- Maldives ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.