Iceland vs Kenya: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Iceland

25.47 million tonnes

in 2024

Kenya

36.09 million tonnes

in 2024

Iceland rank

101st

Kenya rank

98th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Kenya currently reports 36.09 million tonnes against 25.47 million tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 10.63 million tonnes.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.4 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 101st and Kenya ranks 98th 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.