World vs Zambia: Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita

World
0.0003 kt per person
in 2024
Zambia
0.0119 kt per person
in 2024
World rank
1st
Zambia rank
2nd

Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita over time

  • World
  • Zambia
00.0050.010.0150.020.025200120122024

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.0119 kt per person against 0.0003 kt per person in World, a difference of 0.0116 kt per person.

That makes Zambia's figure about 34.3 times World's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

World ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 2nd of 1 groups.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade World Zambia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0004 kt per person 0.0201 kt per person 0.0197 kt per person Zambia
2010s 0.0004 kt per person 0.0215 kt per person 0.0211 kt per person Zambia
2020s 0.0003 kt per person 0.0123 kt per person 0.012 kt per person Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — emissions (co2), per capita, World or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.0119 kt per person against 0.0003 kt per person in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest fires — emissions (co2), per capita between World and Zambia?
0.0116 kt per person, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for World and Zambia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do World and Zambia rank globally for forest fires — emissions (co2), per capita?
World ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 2nd of 1 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

World vs Zambia: Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 15 November 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-emissions-co2-per-capita/world/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forest-fires-emissions-co2-per-capita/world/zambia/">World vs Zambia: Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Forest fires — Emissions (CO2), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
162 places, 3,825 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

Forest fires — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.