Burkina Faso vs Mali: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Burkina Faso
1.21 tonnes per person
in 2024
Mali
1.28 tonnes per person
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
46th
Mali rank
43rd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 1.28 tonnes per person against 1.21 tonnes per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.07 tonnes per person.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Mali ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 46th and Mali ranks 43rd of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 7 and Mali in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -0.1405 tonnes per person | 1.39 tonnes per person | 1.53 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 1860s | 0.033 tonnes per person | 0.3263 tonnes per person | 0.2934 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 1870s | 0.2381 tonnes per person | 0.2601 tonnes per person | 0.0221 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 1880s | 0.3483 tonnes per person | 0.378 tonnes per person | 0.0297 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 1890s | 0.4619 tonnes per person | 0.4048 tonnes per person | 0.057 tonnes per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1900s | 1.04 tonnes per person | 0.9771 tonnes per person | 0.0607 tonnes per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1910s | 1.11 tonnes per person | 0.9712 tonnes per person | 0.1415 tonnes per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1920s | 1.47 tonnes per person | 1.64 tonnes per person | 0.1721 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 1930s | 1.84 tonnes per person | 1.92 tonnes per person | 0.0733 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 1940s | 2.34 tonnes per person | 2.1 tonnes per person | 0.2368 tonnes per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1950s | 2.16 tonnes per person | 1.5 tonnes per person | 0.6591 tonnes per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 1.04 tonnes per person | 0.6674 tonnes per person | 0.3721 tonnes per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 0.4553 tonnes per person | 0.9745 tonnes per person | 0.5192 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 1980s | 1.57 tonnes per person | 0.4936 tonnes per person | 1.07 tonnes per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 2.31 tonnes per person | 4.99 tonnes per person | 2.67 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 2000s | 1.9 tonnes per person | 3.5 tonnes per person | 1.6 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 2010s | 1.7 tonnes per person | 1.91 tonnes per person | 0.2069 tonnes per person | Mali |
| 2020s | 1.25 tonnes per person | 1.42 tonnes per person | 0.1698 tonnes per person | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Burkina Faso or Mali?
- Mali, at 1.28 tonnes per person against 1.21 tonnes per person in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Burkina Faso and Mali?
- 0.07 tonnes per person, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 46th and Mali ranks 43rd of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.