Statement:
Sri Lanka produces more carbon dioxide than Papua New Guinea

In the Carbon dioxide emissions rating Sri Lanka holds position #79 2019 out of 201 and Papua New Guinea is #125 out of 201 2019.
Position of Sri Lanka is worse than position of Papua New Guinea.

Referencies:

  1. Carbon dioxide emissions 2019 by CIA
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Tons of CO2' in descending order.
    Papua New Guinea 'Tons of CO2' value is 6,491,000
    Sri Lanka 'Tons of CO2' value is 23,939,000