Samoa vs Tonga: Emissions of air pollutants

Samoa
1,763 tonnes
in 2022
Tonga
1,092 tonnes
in 2022
Samoa rank
199th
Tonga rank
202nd

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Samoa
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1,763 tonnes against 1,092 tonnes in Tonga, a difference of 670.62 tonnes.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.6 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Tonga ahead.

Samoa ranks 199th and Tonga ranks 202nd 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
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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.