Comoros vs Malawi: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Comoros
1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Malawi
1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Comoros rank
190th
Malawi rank
191st
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions over time
- Comoros
- Malawi
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 190th and Malawi ranks 191st of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 7 and Malawi in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6743 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Comoros |
| 1860s | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2727 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8512 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Comoros |
| 1870s | 1.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1395 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9529 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Comoros |
| 1880s | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2087 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8589 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Comoros |
| 1890s | 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0335 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Comoros |
| 1900s | 0.9209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.2774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Comoros |
| 1910s | 0.8113 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.4322 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Comoros |
| 1920s | 0.834 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3359 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 1930s | 0.9136 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 1940s | 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 1950s | 1.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 1960s | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 1970s | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.9884 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.9282 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.8868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4261 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
| 2020s | 1.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0567 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, Comoros or Malawi?
- Comoros, at 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions between Comoros and Malawi?
- 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Malawi?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and Malawi rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions?
- Comoros ranks 190th and Malawi ranks 191st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.