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CO₂ emissions per capita (excluding land use) in Africa

53 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: tonnes CO₂ per person. World ranking →

First in the ranking

0.05 t

Somalia

Median country

0.49 t

half above, half below

World total

4.69 t

World Bank aggregate

Range

0.05 to 8.66

Somalia - Libya

How to read it

Across 53 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Libya (8.66 t) and the lowest in Somalia (0.05 t).

The median country is at 0.49 t: half are above, half below.

Total annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), as these fluxes have larger uncertainties.

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Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, uri… · via World Bank WDI (EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5) · licence

CO₂ per capita over time

Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Somalia in chart	1	Somalia	0.05
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.06
Central African Republic in chart	3	Central African Republic	0.06
Burundi in chart	4	Burundi	0.07
Niger in chart	5	Niger	0.12
Chad in chart	6	Chad	0.14
Madagascar in chart	7	Madagascar	0.15
Ethiopia in chart	8	Ethiopia	0.15
Liberia in chart	9	Liberia	0.15
Guinea-Bissau in chart	10	Guinea-Bissau	0.16
Rwanda in chart	11	Rwanda	0.16
Uganda in chart	12	Uganda	0.17
Sierra Leone in chart	13	Sierra Leone	0.17
The Gambia in chart	14	The Gambia	0.18
Eritrea in chart	15	Eritrea	0.22
Malawi in chart	16	Malawi	0.22
Burkina Faso in chart	17	Burkina Faso	0.28
Mozambique in chart	18	Mozambique	0.29
Mali in chart	19	Mali	0.30
Tanzania in chart	20	Tanzania	0.31
Togo in chart	21	Togo	0.31
Guinea in chart	22	Guinea	0.35
Cameroon in chart	23	Cameroon	0.35
Kenya in chart	24	Kenya	0.38
Lesotho in chart	25	Lesotho	0.43
Sudan in chart	26	Sudan	0.43
Benin in chart	27	Benin	0.49
Comoros in chart	28	Comoros	0.52
Zambia in chart	29	Zambia	0.54
Nigeria in chart	30	Nigeria	0.57
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	31	Côte d'Ivoire	0.59
São Tomé and Principe in chart	32	São Tomé and Principe	0.63
Ghana in chart	33	Ghana	0.70
Angola in chart	34	Angola	0.74
Djibouti in chart	35	Djibouti	0.77
Senegal in chart	36	Senegal	0.77
Zimbabwe in chart	37	Zimbabwe	0.77
Eswatini in chart	38	Eswatini	0.88
Mauritania in chart	39	Mauritania	0.97
Namibia in chart	40	Namibia	1.20
Cabo Verde in chart	41	Cabo Verde	1.29
Republic of the Congo in chart	42	Republic of the Congo	1.34
Morocco in chart	43	Morocco	1.84
Gabon in chart	44	Gabon	2.05
Egypt in chart	45	Egypt	2.50
Equatorial Guinea in chart	46	Equatorial Guinea	2.55
Tunisia in chart	47	Tunisia	2.62
Botswana in chart	48	Botswana	2.74
Mauritius in chart	49	Mauritius	3.54
Algeria in chart	50	Algeria	3.98
South Africa in chart	51	South Africa	6.88
Seychelles in chart	52	Seychelles	7.24
Libya in chart	53	Libya	8.66

World Bank, WDI · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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