Malawi vs Uganda: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Malawi

0.1532 tonnes per person

in 2023

Uganda

0.1809 tonnes per person

in 2023

Malawi rank

120th

Uganda rank

118th

Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

Uganda currently reports 0.1809 tonnes per person against 0.1532 tonnes per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0277 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uganda ahead.

Malawi ranks 120th and Uganda ranks 118th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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.