Malawi vs Niger: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Malawi

0.0869 tonnes per person

in 2024

Niger

0.1173 tonnes per person

in 2024

Malawi rank

209th

Niger rank

208th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Malawi
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.1173 tonnes per person against 0.0869 tonnes per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0304 tonnes per person.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.3 times Malawi's.

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

Malawi ranks 209th and Niger ranks 208th 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.