Malawi vs South Sudan: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Malawi

28,911 tonnes

in 2024

South Sudan

29,261 tonnes

in 2024

Malawi rank

112th

South Sudan rank

111th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

South Sudan currently reports 29,261 tonnes against 28,911 tonnes in Malawi, a difference of 350 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 33 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 112th and South Sudan ranks 111th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.