Malawi vs Sweden: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Malawi

9.26 million tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

7.99 million tonnes

in 2024

Malawi rank

53rd

Sweden rank

56th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Malawi currently reports 9.26 million tonnes against 7.99 million tonnes in Sweden, a difference of 1.27 million tonnes.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sweden ahead.

Malawi ranks 53rd and Sweden ranks 56th of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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