Malawi vs Rwanda: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Malawi

1.88 million tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda

2.03 million tonnes

in 2024

Malawi rank

157th

Rwanda rank

156th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

Rwanda currently reports 2.03 million tonnes against 1.88 million tonnes in Malawi, a difference of 152,070 tonnes.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

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

Malawi ranks 157th and Rwanda ranks 156th of 215 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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