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Malawi vs Uganda: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Malawi
0.0869 tonnes per person
in 2024
Uganda
0.1266 tonnes per person
in 2024
Malawi rank
209th
Uganda rank
207th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

  • Malawi
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.1266 tonnes per person against 0.0869 tonnes per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0398 tonnes per person.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.5 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 209th and Uganda ranks 207th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
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
213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.