American Samoa vs Kiribati: Emissions of air pollutants

American Samoa
497.74 tonnes
in 2022
Kiribati
594.77 tonnes
in 2022
American Samoa rank
210th
Kiribati rank
208th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • American Samoa
  • Kiribati
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 594.77 tonnes against 497.74 tonnes in American Samoa, a difference of 97.04 tonnes.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.2 times American Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Kiribati ahead.

American Samoa ranks 210th and Kiribati ranks 208th of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
Last refreshed

Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.