Malawi vs Panama: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Malawi
0.4275 tonnes per person
in 2024
Panama
0.4441 tonnes per person
in 2024
Malawi rank
64th
Panama rank
62nd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Malawi
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 0.4441 tonnes per person against 0.4275 tonnes per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0166 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Panama ahead.
Malawi ranks 64th and Panama ranks 62nd of 194 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5573 tonnes per person | 25.76 tonnes per person | 25.21 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1860s | 0.0485 tonnes per person | 19.96 tonnes per person | 19.91 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1870s | 0.0135 tonnes per person | 13.1 tonnes per person | 13.09 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1880s | 0.1538 tonnes per person | 19.82 tonnes per person | 19.66 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1890s | -0.2073 tonnes per person | 21.84 tonnes per person | 22.05 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1900s | -0.723 tonnes per person | 32.63 tonnes per person | 33.35 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1910s | -0.8724 tonnes per person | 23.59 tonnes per person | 24.46 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1920s | 0.9736 tonnes per person | 22.61 tonnes per person | 21.64 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1930s | 1.95 tonnes per person | 39.16 tonnes per person | 37.21 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1940s | 2.54 tonnes per person | 40.06 tonnes per person | 37.52 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1950s | 4.11 tonnes per person | 38.28 tonnes per person | 34.17 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1960s | 6.25 tonnes per person | 12.06 tonnes per person | 5.81 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1970s | 2.89 tonnes per person | 11.12 tonnes per person | 8.23 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1980s | 1.17 tonnes per person | 10.49 tonnes per person | 9.32 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 1990s | 1.35 tonnes per person | 6.52 tonnes per person | 5.17 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 2000s | 1.61 tonnes per person | 4.49 tonnes per person | 2.89 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 2010s | 0.7213 tonnes per person | 1.46 tonnes per person | 0.7389 tonnes per person | Panama |
| 2020s | 0.4747 tonnes per person | 0.6643 tonnes per person | 0.1897 tonnes per person | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Malawi or Panama?
- Panama, at 0.4441 tonnes per person against 0.4275 tonnes per person in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Malawi and Panama?
- 0.0166 tonnes per person, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Panama?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Panama rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Malawi ranks 64th and Panama ranks 62nd 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.