Malawi vs Rwanda: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Malawi

176,972 tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda

220,194 tonnes

in 2024

Malawi rank

108th

Rwanda rank

106th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Rwanda currently reports 220,194 tonnes against 176,972 tonnes in Malawi, a difference of 43,222 tonnes.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 108th and Rwanda ranks 106th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.