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Malawi vs Rwanda: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Malawi
6.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Rwanda
5.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Malawi rank
146th
Rwanda rank
148th

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

  • Malawi
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 6.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 5.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Rwanda, a difference of 596,040 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

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

Malawi ranks 146th and Rwanda ranks 148th 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.