Burundi vs Rwanda: Greenhouse gas emissions

Burundi

9.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Rwanda

9.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Burundi rank

148th

Rwanda rank

147th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

Burundi
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 9.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 9.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Burundi, a difference of 14,350 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 148th and Rwanda ranks 147th 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: 07 August 2026

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