For a people represented by a unique flightless bird, Kiwis do a lot of flying. While globally, aviation emissions represented just under 3% of carbon dioxide emissions in 2019, for New Zealand the figure was 12%. New Zealand ranks sixth in per capita aviation emissions, at one tonne of carbon dioxide per person, about 10 times the world average. It [ranks fourth](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co2-emissions-domestic-aviation) for per capita emissions in domestic aviation – just ahead of Canada, even though Canada is 40 times the size of New Zealand. \
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Perhaps this is not surprising. [New Zealand](https://www.theguardian.com/world/newzealand) is far away from most population centres. It has a large tourist industry and a population with globally dispersed families – 27% of the population was born overseas, and an estimated one million Kiwis live overseas.
