Belgium vs Namibia: Share of CO₂ emissions embedded in trade

Belgium

132.1%

in 2023

Namibia

180.2%

in 2023

Belgium rank

9th

Namibia rank

6th

Share of CO₂ emissions embedded in trade over time

Namibia currently reports 180.2% against 132.1% in Belgium, a difference of 48.1%.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.4 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Namibia ahead.

Belgium ranks 9th and Namibia ranks 6th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Share of CO₂ emissions embedded in trade
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,063 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual net carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions embedded in trade, measured as a percentage of emissions of CO₂.