Mali vs Niger: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Mali

2.01 billion tonnes

in 2024

Niger

1.87 billion tonnes

in 2024

Mali rank

69th

Niger rank

72nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Mali currently reports 2.01 billion tonnes against 1.87 billion tonnes in Niger, a difference of 137.43 million tonnes.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 69th and Niger ranks 72nd of 197 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from 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: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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