Burundi vs Uruguay: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Burundi

0.0037 tonnes per person

in 2024

Uruguay

0.0024 tonnes per person

in 2024

Burundi rank

122nd

Uruguay rank

123rd

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Burundi currently reports 0.0037 tonnes per person against 0.0024 tonnes per person in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0013 tonnes per person.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.5 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.

Burundi ranks 122nd and Uruguay ranks 123rd 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.