Chad vs Rwanda: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Chad

0.1395 tonnes per person

in 2024

Rwanda

0.1426 tonnes per person

in 2024

Chad rank

205th

Rwanda rank

202nd

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Chad
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.1426 tonnes per person against 0.1395 tonnes per person in Chad, a difference of 0.0032 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 205th and Rwanda ranks 202nd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.