Malawi vs Namibia: Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal

Malawi

0.0082 tonnes per person

in 2024

Namibia

0.0097 tonnes per person

in 2024

Malawi rank

119th

Namibia rank

117th

Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Namibia currently reports 0.0097 tonnes per person against 0.0082 tonnes per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0015 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Namibia ahead.

Malawi ranks 119th and Namibia ranks 117th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal
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.