Burundi vs Malawi: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Burundi

0.0037 tonnes per person

in 2024

Malawi

0.0082 tonnes per person

in 2024

Burundi rank

122nd

Malawi rank

119th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Malawi currently reports 0.0082 tonnes per person against 0.0037 tonnes per person in Burundi, a difference of 0.0045 tonnes per person.

That makes Malawi's figure about 2.2 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Burundi ranks 122nd and Malawi ranks 119th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.