Rwanda vs Sudan: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Rwanda
0.1605 tonnes per person
in 2024
Sudan
0.1757 tonnes per person
in 2024
Rwanda rank
90th
Sudan rank
88th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Rwanda
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 0.1757 tonnes per person against 0.1605 tonnes per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0152 tonnes per person.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Rwanda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 90th and Sudan ranks 88th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 11 and Sudan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.81 tonnes per person | 0.2435 tonnes per person | 0.5665 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1860s | 0.7391 tonnes per person | 0.1598 tonnes per person | 0.5794 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1870s | 0.7989 tonnes per person | 0.1907 tonnes per person | 0.6081 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1880s | 0.9369 tonnes per person | 0.2269 tonnes per person | 0.7101 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1890s | 0.6197 tonnes per person | 0.2591 tonnes per person | 0.3606 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1900s | 0.3193 tonnes per person | 0.3421 tonnes per person | 0.0228 tonnes per person | Sudan |
| 1910s | 0.2438 tonnes per person | 0.4639 tonnes per person | 0.2201 tonnes per person | Sudan |
| 1920s | 1.26 tonnes per person | 0.6497 tonnes per person | 0.6082 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1930s | 2 tonnes per person | 1.01 tonnes per person | 0.9899 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1940s | 2.4 tonnes per person | 2.28 tonnes per person | 0.1152 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1950s | 2.69 tonnes per person | 4.44 tonnes per person | 1.75 tonnes per person | Sudan |
| 1960s | 1.56 tonnes per person | 2.32 tonnes per person | 0.7548 tonnes per person | Sudan |
| 1970s | 1.73 tonnes per person | 0.9165 tonnes per person | 0.8111 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 0.872 tonnes per person | 0.5605 tonnes per person | 0.3115 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 0.386 tonnes per person | 1.78 tonnes per person | 1.4 tonnes per person | Sudan |
| 2000s | 0.5729 tonnes per person | 1.34 tonnes per person | 0.7626 tonnes per person | Sudan |
| 2010s | 0.2546 tonnes per person | 1.39 tonnes per person | 1.13 tonnes per person | Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.2054 tonnes per person | 0.2001 tonnes per person | 0.0053 tonnes per person | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Rwanda or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 0.1757 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 Rwanda and Sudan?
- 0.0152 tonnes per person, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sudan?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Sudan rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 90th and Sudan ranks 88th 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.