Burundi vs Rwanda: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change

Burundi

327.33 million tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda

410.78 million tonnes

in 2024

Burundi rank

147th

Rwanda rank

145th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change over time

Rwanda currently reports 410.78 million tonnes against 327.33 million tonnes in Burundi, a difference of 83.45 million tonnes.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.3 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.

Burundi ranks 147th and Rwanda ranks 145th of 194 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including 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: 194 places, 20,936 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.