Iceland vs Namibia: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Iceland
4.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Namibia
5.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Iceland rank
153rd
Namibia rank
150th

Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

  • Iceland
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 5.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Iceland, a difference of 1.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.3 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Namibia ahead.

Iceland ranks 153rd and Namibia ranks 150th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 34,488 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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