🇳🇿 New Zealand

How green is the average person in New Zealand?

Above the world average

New Zealand emits 6.1 tCO2 per person per year — 1.3× the world average and 2.7× the Paris-aligned 2030 target. Ranked 24 of 51 countries by per-capita emissions.

Per-capita CO2
6.1 tCO2
per person, per year
Total emissions
31 Mt
5.1M people
Electricity grid
117 g/kWh
CO2 per kWh of electricity

Calculate your own footprint in New Zealand

Diet, driving, flying, heating. We turn your lifestyle into tonnes of CO2 per year and compare it to New Zealand's average.

Step 1 of 4Diet

Tell us about your year

Four short steps. Skip what you do not know. Defaults reflect a typical lifestyle in your country.

What do you eat in a typical week?

Diet is around a fifth of a typical footprint in rich countries. Animal protein dominates the impact.

Anchor: world average 4.7 tCO2/yr · Paris-aligned 2030: 2.3 tCO2/yr.

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