Botswana vs Somalia: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Botswana
10.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Somalia
10.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Botswana rank
125th
Somalia rank
127th
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- Botswana
- Somalia
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 10.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 10.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Somalia, a difference of 446,800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Somalia ahead.
Botswana ranks 125th and Somalia ranks 127th of 198 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 15,304 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 150,600 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 135,297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1860s | 17,706 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 164,044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 146,339 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1870s | 20,782 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 179,938 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 159,156 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1880s | 24,610 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 197,506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 172,896 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1890s | 29,064 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 216,730 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 187,666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1900s | 35,873 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 247,685 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 211,812 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1910s | 45,144 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 305,349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 260,206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1920s | 58,815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 399,068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 340,253 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1930s | 79,270 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 538,774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 459,504 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1940s | 110,686 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 734,789 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 624,103 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1950s | 124,625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 941,255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 816,630 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1960s | 102,999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 960,020 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1970s | 552,431 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1980s | 2.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 598,968 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 1990s | 3.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 393,982 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 2000s | 5.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 6.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 2010s | 8.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 266,210 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
| 2020s | 9.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 9.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 9,834 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry, Botswana or Somalia?
- Botswana, at 10.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 10.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Botswana and Somalia?
- 446,800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Somalia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Somalia rank globally for total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Botswana ranks 125th and Somalia ranks 127th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry. 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 of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.