Eswatini vs Rwanda: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita

Eswatini
0.1697 tonnes per person
in 2024
Rwanda
0.1605 tonnes per person
in 2024
Eswatini rank
89th
Rwanda rank
90th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time

  • Eswatini
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 0.1697 tonnes per person against 0.1605 tonnes per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0092 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 89th and Rwanda ranks 90th of 194 countries.

Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Rwanda Difference Ahead
1850s 5.25 tonnes per person 0.81 tonnes per person 4.44 tonnes per person Eswatini
1860s 6.13 tonnes per person 0.7391 tonnes per person 5.39 tonnes per person Eswatini
1870s 7.49 tonnes per person 0.7989 tonnes per person 6.7 tonnes per person Eswatini
1880s 6.25 tonnes per person 0.9369 tonnes per person 5.31 tonnes per person Eswatini
1890s 6.81 tonnes per person 0.6197 tonnes per person 6.19 tonnes per person Eswatini
1900s 9.8 tonnes per person 0.3193 tonnes per person 9.48 tonnes per person Eswatini
1910s 10.7 tonnes per person 0.2438 tonnes per person 10.46 tonnes per person Eswatini
1920s 13.91 tonnes per person 1.26 tonnes per person 12.65 tonnes per person Eswatini
1930s 3.98 tonnes per person 2 tonnes per person 1.98 tonnes per person Eswatini
1940s 25.11 tonnes per person 2.4 tonnes per person 22.71 tonnes per person Eswatini
1950s 19.77 tonnes per person 2.69 tonnes per person 17.08 tonnes per person Eswatini
1960s 7.99 tonnes per person 1.56 tonnes per person 6.43 tonnes per person Eswatini
1970s 3.65 tonnes per person 1.73 tonnes per person 1.92 tonnes per person Eswatini
1980s 1.88 tonnes per person 0.872 tonnes per person 1.01 tonnes per person Eswatini
1990s 1.46 tonnes per person 0.386 tonnes per person 1.07 tonnes per person Eswatini
2000s 0.6968 tonnes per person 0.5729 tonnes per person 0.1239 tonnes per person Eswatini
2010s 0.5068 tonnes per person 0.2546 tonnes per person 0.2522 tonnes per person Eswatini
2020s 0.237 tonnes per person 0.2054 tonnes per person 0.0315 tonnes per person Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Eswatini or Rwanda?
Eswatini, at 0.1697 tonnes per person against 0.1605 tonnes per person in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Eswatini and Rwanda?
0.0092 tonnes per person, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Rwanda?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Rwanda rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
Eswatini ranks 89th and Rwanda ranks 90th 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

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change 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
194 places, 33,660 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.