Botswana vs Malawi: Greenhouse gas emissions

Botswana
26.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Malawi
25.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Botswana rank
121st
Malawi rank
122nd

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Botswana
  • Malawi
010.0M20.0M30.0M185019372024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 26.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 25.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Malawi, a difference of 1.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Malawi ahead.

Botswana ranks 121st and Malawi ranks 122nd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
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
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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