How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zambia?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

Kenya vs Zambia: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?

Kenya

0.6321 tonnes per person

in 2023

Zambia

0.6131 tonnes per person

in 2023

Kenya rank

106th

Zambia rank

107th

Kenya currently reports 0.6321 tonnes per person against 0.6131 tonnes per person in Zambia, a difference of 0.019 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 106th and Zambia ranks 107th of 120 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 2.

Decade	Kenya	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.3284 tonnes per person	0.2307 tonnes per person	0.0978 tonnes per person	Kenya
2000s	0.3694 tonnes per person	0.4014 tonnes per person	0.032 tonnes per person	Zambia
2010s	0.5483 tonnes per person	0.5595 tonnes per person	0.0112 tonnes per person	Zambia
2020s	0.6243 tonnes per person	0.5545 tonnes per person	0.0698 tonnes per person	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?, Kenya or Zambia?: Kenya, at 0.6321 tonnes per person against 0.6131 tonnes per person in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? between Kenya and Zambia?: 0.019 tonnes per person, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zambia?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Zambia rank globally for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??: Kenya ranks 106th and Zambia ranks 107th of 120 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 Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Indicator: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
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: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.