Ethiopia vs Nepal: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Ethiopia
17.84 million tonnes
in 2024
Nepal
18.78 million tonnes
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
94th
Nepal rank
92nd

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Nepal
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M194119822024

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 18.78 million tonnes against 17.84 million tonnes in Ethiopia, a difference of 938,800 tonnes.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 94th and Nepal ranks 92nd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
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
216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
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Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.