The 2019 Greenhouse Gas Inventory noted that in 2017, New Zealand's per capita emissions of the six greenhouse gases listed in the Kyoto Protocol were 16.9 tonnes CO2 equivalents per head of population.New Zealand's GreenhouseGas Inventory 1990–2017 , Ministry for the Environment, Snapshot April 2019 In 2018, on a per capita basis, New Zealand was the 21st biggest contributor to global emissions in the world and fifth highest in the OECD.New Zealand's out-sized climate change contribution, NZ Herald, 8 December 2018
