Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by sector — GHG emissions from manufacturing industries and construction by country

Name: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by sector — GHG emissions from manufacturing industries and construction
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Countries reporting

178

Highest

2.90 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent

China

Lowest

0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent

Nauru

Median

1,664 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent

Years covered

2000–2020

Data points

5,044

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by sector — GHG emissions from manufacturing industries and construction is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 2.90 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent in China; the lowest is 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,664 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent, and the mean is 41,789 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 791.4%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 93.4%).

Africa's Development: GHG Emissions by sector GHG … industries: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	2.90 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 1.4%	rising
2	OECD	1.32 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 8.8%	falling
3	India	509,452 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 26.3%	rising
4	United States	441,122 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 6.1%	falling
5	Russia	274,637 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 53.7%	rising
6	Japan	171,329 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 19.3%	falling
7	Indonesia	132,361 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 4.0%	rising
8	Iran	99,163 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 17.5%	rising
9	Germany	91,431 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.5%	falling
10	Saudi Arabia	84,212 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 24.2%	rising
11	Brazil	83,157 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 18.4%	rising
12	United Arab Emirates	75,020 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 18.6%	rising
13	Canada	67,137 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 7.3%	falling
14	Thailand	55,980 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 10.2%	rising
15	Mexico	50,589 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 19.0%	rising
16	Viet Nam	92,754 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 120.6%	rising
16	South Africa	48,565 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 6.3%	rising
17	Pakistan	45,650 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 18.4%	rising
17	Ethiopia	5,320 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 207.0%	volatile
18	Australia	41,203 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 10.4%	falling
19	Türkiye	73,623 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 50.5%	rising
19	France	36,956 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 18.5%	falling
20	Ukraine	35,279 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 42.6%	falling
20	Croatia	2,346 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 17.7%	falling
21	Malaysia	32,894 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 7.7%	rising
21	Equatorial Guinea	2,047 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 10.7%	rising
22	North Korea	31,454 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 2.1%	falling
22	Lesotho	1,656 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 1.1%	rising
23	Spain	30,974 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 21.7%	falling
23	Mauritania	1,004 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 154.6%	volatile
24	United Kingdom	29,934 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 33.5%	falling
24	Moldova	817 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 14.5%	rising
25	Egypt	29,860 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 6.2%	rising
25	Madagascar	309.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 9.9%	rising
26	Italy	29,596 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 35.6%	falling
26	Eswatini	273.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 115.5%	falling
27	Kazakhstan	28,669 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 50.4%	rising
27	Fiji	176 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 23.1%	rising
28	Poland	28,822 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 1.4%	falling
28	Argentina	20,852 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 9.0%	rising
28	Cabo Verde	0.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 93.1%	volatile
29	Belgium	17,125 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 11.3%	falling
30	Qatar	17,018 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 63.5%	rising
31	Netherlands	22,159 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.2%	falling
31	Bangladesh	16,398 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 78.0%	volatile
32	Colombia	16,013 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 15.2%	flat
33	Chile	14,154 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 2.2%	rising
34	Romania	13,441 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 4.6%	falling
35	Algeria	13,308 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 24.3%	rising
36	Kuwait	13,085 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 24.5%	rising
37	Oman	12,334 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 51.5%	rising
38	Singapore	12,142 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 24.2%	rising
38	Syrian Arab Republic	2,519 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 65.8%	falling
39	Czechia	11,958 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 10.7%	falling
40	Philippines	11,734 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.7%	rising
40	Slovenia	1,796 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 3.4%	falling
41	Uzbekistan	11,628 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 33.1%	falling
41	Lithuania	1,181 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.4%	flat
42	Iraq	10,489 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 38.6%	rising
42	Latvia	722.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 38.0%	falling
43	Austria	10,450 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.0%	flat
43	Estonia	473.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 39.9%	falling
44	Myanmar	8,589 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 264.6%	volatile
45	Venezuela	8,399 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 77.0%	falling
45	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 92.6%	falling
46	Nigeria	7,665 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 168.0%	rising
47	Finland	7,052 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 24.3%	falling
48	Sweden	6,986 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 25.0%	falling
49	Morocco	6,726 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 12.3%	rising
50	Hungary	6,640 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 51.7%	rising
51	Peru	6,581 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 13.8%	rising
52	New Zealand	6,527 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 19.2%	rising
53	Norway	6,498 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 0.4%	flat
54	Portugal	5,550 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 17.6%	falling
55	Cuba	5,234 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 31.8%	falling
56	Switzerland	4,765 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 17.0%	falling
57	Belarus	4,726 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 1.1%	rising
58	Bulgaria	4,450 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 19.2%	falling
59	Tunisia	4,441 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 4.1%	rising
60	Nepal	4,341 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 250.3%	volatile
61	Israel	4,266 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 40.8%	volatile
62	Greece	4,214 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 37.2%	falling
63	Ireland	3,929 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 10.4%	falling
64	Denmark	3,722 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.5%	falling
65	Azerbaijan	3,252 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 125.6%	flat
66	Dominican Republic	3,166 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 10.3%	rising
67	Afghanistan	2,858 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 19.6%	volatile
68	Serbia	2,743 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 44.0%	falling
69	Kenya	2,720 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 9.0%	rising
70	Ecuador	2,690 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 5.7%	flat
71	Mongolia	2,212 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 35.6%	rising
72	Tanzania	2,203 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 309.4%	volatile
73	Bahrain	2,119 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 192.3%	volatile
74	Ghana	2,118 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 63.3%	rising
75	Guatemala	1,998 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 48.4%	rising
76	Bolivia	1,912 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 3.2%	rising
77	Guinea	1,840 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 32.3%	rising
78	Libya	1,823 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 47.9%	falling
79	Trinidad and Tobago	1,690 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 49.9%	falling
80	Georgia	1,672 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 188.1%	volatile
81	Sudan	1,568 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 57.7%	rising
82	Jordan	1,530 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 33.8%	falling
83	Uganda	1,424 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 92.0%	rising
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,415 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 12.2%	rising
85	Zambia	1,412 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 76.9%	rising
86	El Salvador	1,366 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 50.9%	rising
87	Angola	1,342 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 42.9%	falling
88	Senegal	1,324 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 44.6%	rising
89	Tajikistan	1,319 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	—	volatile
90	Papua New Guinea	1,309 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 10.6%	rising
91	Jamaica	1,302 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 20.8%	falling
92	Burkina Faso	1,296 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 249.9%	volatile
93	Panama	1,293 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 27.4%	rising
94	Côte d’Ivoire	1,268 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 30.3%	rising
95	Costa Rica	1,140 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 7.2%	rising
96	Yemen	1,108 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 63.6%	falling
97	North Macedonia	1,081 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 13.5%	flat
98	Cambodia	1,076 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 51.8%	volatile
99	Zimbabwe	1,031 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 16.3%	falling
100	Albania	987.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 5.4%	rising
101	Uruguay	948.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 46.5%	rising
102	Sri Lanka	934.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 19.4%	flat
103	Luxembourg	923.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 17.4%	falling
104	Turkmenistan	850 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 44.3%	rising
105	Honduras	831 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 54.9%	falling
106	Mozambique	720.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 52.5%	rising
107	Gabon	691.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 40.8%	rising
108	Lebanon	655.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 20.2%	falling
109	Laos	647.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 28.2%	volatile
110	Haiti	615.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 14.6%	rising
111	Nicaragua	599.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 14.7%	flat
112	Cyprus	596.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 12.4%	falling
113	Botswana	575.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 0.5%	falling
114	Benin	527.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 258.7%	volatile
115	Guyana	502.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 251.5%	rising
116	Kyrgyzstan	457.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 29.9%	falling
117	Armenia	448.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 13.2%	falling
118	Brunei Darussalam	374 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 14.1%	volatile
119	Mali	329.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 791.4%	volatile
120	Mauritius	317.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 11.5%	falling
121	Rwanda	294.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 216.2%	volatile
122	Bhutan	287.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 306.4%	volatile
123	Paraguay	277.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 10.3%	flat
124	Namibia	273.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 17.8%	rising
125	Cameroon	261.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 28.5%	rising
126	Bahamas	214.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 71.3%	falling
127	Montenegro	196.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 69.7%	falling
128	Niger	195.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.8%	volatile
129	Malawi	165.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 68.2%	rising
130	Togo	158.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 31.8%	volatile
131	Gambia	137.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 70.5%	volatile
132	Liberia	107.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 162.6%	volatile
133	Suriname	103.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 40.0%	volatile
134	Congo	102.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 227.9%	volatile
135	Somalia	80.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 0.5%	rising
136	Iceland	60.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 87.9%	volatile
137	Barbados	57.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 7.6%	rising
138	Malta	56.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 84.7%	volatile
139	Maldives	56.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 166.4%	volatile
140	Sierra Leone	55.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 14.9%	rising
141	Belize	42.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 65.7%	falling
142	Sao Tome and Principe	33.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 39.7%	rising
143	South Sudan	29.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 53.9%	rising
144	Burundi	28.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 356.5%	volatile
145	Djibouti	23.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 38.2%	falling
146	Eritrea	22.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 18.1%	falling
147	Chad	17.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 93.4%	volatile
148	Samoa	15.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 18.2%	falling
149	Solomon Islands	14 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 24.3%	rising
150	Grenada	13 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 64.6%	volatile
151	Dominica	9.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 15.4%	rising
151	Saint Lucia	9.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 65.0%	rising
153	Central African Republic	5.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 33.7%	falling
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 16.7%	rising
155	Seychelles	3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	down 75.6%	volatile
156	Kiribati	0.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 33.3%	volatile
157	Comoros	0.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	up 50.0%	rising
158	Nauru	0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent	2020	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 6.19 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Non-resource-rich countries 5.52 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa 6.04 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 5.39 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Asia (excluding high income countries) 3.98 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Resource-rich countries 670,729 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 3.78 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
ASEAN 348,551 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 3.73 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Latin America and the Caribbean 225,762 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
High income countries 1.42 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Africa 147,738 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 1.40 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Korea 64,394 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 930,546 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Least developed countries 59,312 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 849,403 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Southern African Development Community (SADC) 58,881 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 650,362 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Southern Africa (African Union) 56,015 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
European Union (27 countries) 350,813 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 51,151 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Fragile states 253,403 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 27,302 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa, fragile states 218,296 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Small Island Developing States 27,033 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
MERCOSUR 155,589 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 17,024 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Africa, non-resource-rich countries 127,372 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 11,165 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Slovak Republic 7,264 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 81,143 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Land Locked Developing Countries 75,111 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 4,858 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Central Africa (African Union) 3,221 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 62,488 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa, landlocked developing countries 61,056 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
North Africa (African Union) 57,163 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 54,294 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Low income countries (World Bank) 50,237 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent

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Indicator: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by sector — GHG emissions from manufacturing industries and construction
Unit: Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 241 places, 5,044 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 25 shows statistics on GHG emissions from different sources.