Algeria vs Namibia: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions

Algeria

5.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Namibia

5.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Algeria rank

79th

Namibia rank

81st

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions over time

Algeria
Namibia

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 5.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Namibia, a difference of 0.0387 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Namibia ahead.

Algeria ranks 79th and Namibia ranks 81st of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Unit: tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source: Jones et al. (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: 199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.