54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: million tonnes CO₂. World ranking →
Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in South Africa (439.8 Mt) and the lowest in São Tomé and Principe (0.1 Mt).
The median country is at 5.7 Mt: half are above, half below.
| In chart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 439.8 | |
| 2 | Egypt | 258.4 | |
| 3 | Algeria | 198.2 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 135.8 | |
| 5 | Morocco | 69.1 | |
| 6 | Libya | 65.3 | |
| 7 | Tunisia | 32.7 | |
| 8 | Angola | 22.3 | |
| 9 | Kenya | 21.2 | |
| 10 | Ghana | 21.0 | |
| 11 | Tanzania | 20.0 | |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 17.8 | |
| 13 | Sudan | 17.8 | |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.8 | |
| 15 | Senegal | 14.1 | |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 13.7 | |
| 17 | Zambia | 12.0 | |
| 18 | Cameroon | 9.6 | |
| 19 | Republic of the Congo | 8.8 | |
| 20 | Mozambique | 8.6 | |
| 21 | Botswana | 7.5 | |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.0 | |
| 23 | Mali | 7.0 | |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 6.5 | |
| 25 | Uganda | 6.3 | |
| 26 | Benin | 6.1 | |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.9 | |
| 28 | Gabon | 5.4 | |
| 29 | Mauritania | 5.2 | |
| 30 | Mauritius | 4.7 | |
| 31 | Madagascar | 4.5 | |
| 32 | Guinea | 4.0 | |
| 33 | Namibia | 3.5 | |
| 34 | Niger | 3.2 | |
| 35 | Chad | 2.8 | |
| 36 | Togo | 2.8 | |
| 37 | Lesotho | 2.6 | |
| 38 | Rwanda | 2.0 | |
| 39 | Malawi | 1.9 | |
| 40 | South Sudan | 1.7 | |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 1.4 | |
| 42 | Somalia | 1.3 | |
| 43 | Eswatini | 1.0 | |
| 44 | Burundi | 0.9 | |
| 45 | Liberia | 0.9 | |
| 46 | The Gambia | 0.8 | |
| 47 | Eritrea | 0.7 | |
| 48 | Seychelles | 0.7 | |
| 49 | Cabo Verde | 0.6 | |
| 50 | Djibouti | 0.6 | |
| 51 | Comoros | 0.6 | |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 0.4 | |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3 | |
| 54 | São Tomé and Principe | 0.1 |
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