Total greenhouse gas emissions per capita (excluding land use) in Africa

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

First in the ranking
0.54 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median country
1.81 t
half above, half below
World
6.36 t
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.54 to 13.30
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Libya

How to read it

Across 53 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Libya (13.30 t) and the lowest in Democratic Republic of the Congo (0.54 t).

The median country is at 1.81 t: half are above, half below.

Total annual emissions of the six greenhouse gases (GHG) covered by the Kyoto Protocol (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphurhexafluoride (SF6)) from the energy, industry, waste, and agriculture sectors, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by…

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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.ALL.PC.CE.AR5) · licence

GHG per capita over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Democratic Republic of the Congo0.54
2Rwanda0.59
3Burundi0.60
4The Gambia0.67
5Liberia0.79
6Malawi0.88
7Sierra Leone0.92
8Mozambique0.97
9São Tomé and Principe1.04
10Comoros1.10
11Madagascar1.12
12Uganda1.15
13Côte d'Ivoire1.19
14Benin1.23
15Togo1.29
16Lesotho1.31
17Cameroon1.39
18Ghana1.40
19Guinea-Bissau1.45
20Ethiopia1.46
21Burkina Faso1.48
22Tanzania1.50
23Nigeria1.51
24Niger1.52
25Senegal1.71
26Cabo Verde1.74
27Zambia1.81
28Somalia1.81
29Kenya1.82
30Angola1.85
31Zimbabwe1.85
32Eritrea1.86
33Mali1.96
34Guinea1.99
35Djibouti2.07
36Eswatini2.36
37Central African Republic2.52
38Sudan2.75
39Morocco2.86
40Egypt3.32
41Mauritania3.39
42Tunisia3.63
43Republic of the Congo3.89
44Equatorial Guinea4.30
45Namibia4.69
46Botswana4.80
47Chad4.98
48Mauritius5.19
49Algeria5.40
50Seychelles8.05
51Gabon8.58
52South Africa8.90
53Libya13.30
World Bank, WDI · EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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