Burundi vs Rwanda: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Burundi

876,395 tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda

875,638 tonnes

in 2024

Burundi rank

135th

Rwanda rank

136th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Burundi currently reports 876,395 tonnes against 875,638 tonnes in Rwanda, a difference of 757 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.

Burundi ranks 135th and Rwanda ranks 136th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.