Malawi vs Maldives: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions

Malawi

1.88 million tonnes

in 2024

Maldives

2.31 million tonnes

in 2024

Malawi rank

157th

Maldives rank

154th

Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions over time

Maldives currently reports 2.31 million tonnes against 1.88 million tonnes in Malawi, a difference of 424,730 tonnes.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 157th and Maldives ranks 154th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions
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: 216 places, 12,568 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.