Mali vs Zambia: Nitrous oxide emissions
Mali
13.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Zambia
14.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Mali rank
43rd
Zambia rank
41st
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Mali
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 14.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 13.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Mali, a difference of 460,300 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Zambia ahead.
Mali ranks 43rd and Zambia ranks 41st of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 274,632 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 468,739 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 194,107 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1860s | 292,612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 500,304 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 207,692 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1870s | 368,341 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 624,332 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 255,991 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1880s | 485,861 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 815,273 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 329,412 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1890s | 551,721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 924,155 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 372,434 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1900s | 619,417 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 416,950 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1910s | 826,272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 544,996 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1920s | 1.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 816,152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1930s | 1.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 951,994 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1940s | 3.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1950s | 4.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1960s | 4.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.84 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1970s | 4.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1980s | 5.47 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.89 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 1990s | 6.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 10.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 2000s | 8.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 11.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 2010s | 11.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 12.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Zambia |
| 2020s | 13.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 13.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 336,780 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Mali or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 14.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 13.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Mali and Zambia?
- 460,300 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Zambia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Zambia rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
- Mali ranks 43rd and Zambia ranks 41st of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.