Kenya vs Niger: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Kenya
0.2344 tonnes per person
in 2024
Niger
0.235 tonnes per person
in 2024
Kenya rank
84th
Niger rank
83rd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Kenya
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.235 tonnes per person against 0.2344 tonnes per person in Kenya, a difference of 0.0006 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 84th and Niger ranks 83rd of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 7 and Niger in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.4 tonnes per person | 0.6779 tonnes per person | 0.7219 tonnes per person | Kenya |
| 1860s | 1.56 tonnes per person | 1.02 tonnes per person | 0.5334 tonnes per person | Kenya |
| 1870s | 1.76 tonnes per person | 1.51 tonnes per person | 0.2484 tonnes per person | Kenya |
| 1880s | 1.89 tonnes per person | 1.62 tonnes per person | 0.2667 tonnes per person | Kenya |
| 1890s | 0.4425 tonnes per person | 1.59 tonnes per person | 1.15 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1900s | -0.5047 tonnes per person | 4.14 tonnes per person | 4.64 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1910s | -0.6636 tonnes per person | 3.71 tonnes per person | 4.37 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1920s | 2.38 tonnes per person | 5.91 tonnes per person | 3.53 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1930s | 3.59 tonnes per person | 6.23 tonnes per person | 2.64 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1940s | 4.61 tonnes per person | 7.81 tonnes per person | 3.2 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1950s | 5.71 tonnes per person | 10.98 tonnes per person | 5.27 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1960s | 3.35 tonnes per person | 4.13 tonnes per person | 0.7752 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1970s | 1.19 tonnes per person | -2.95 tonnes per person | 4.14 tonnes per person | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.94 tonnes per person | -0.0159 tonnes per person | 1.96 tonnes per person | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1.93 tonnes per person | 4.73 tonnes per person | 2.79 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 2000s | 1.16 tonnes per person | 1.04 tonnes per person | 0.1202 tonnes per person | Kenya |
| 2010s | 1.01 tonnes per person | 1.69 tonnes per person | 0.6842 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 2020s | 0.2804 tonnes per person | 0.2948 tonnes per person | 0.0144 tonnes per person | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Kenya or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.235 tonnes per person against 0.2344 tonnes per person in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Kenya and Niger?
- 0.0006 tonnes per person, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Niger?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Niger rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Kenya ranks 84th and Niger ranks 83rd 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.