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

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...

Countries reporting
171
Highest
6.04 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
World outside Africa
Lowest
0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Vanuatu
Median
1,568 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
5,044

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by sector β€” GHG emissions from manufacturing industries and construction is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 6.04 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent in World outside Africa; the lowest is 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent in Vanuatu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,568 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent, and the mean is 81,753 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 791.4%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 93.4%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 World outside Africa 6.04 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 1.7% rising
2 China 2.90 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 1.4% rising
3 OECD 1.32 million Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 8.8% falling
4 Resource-rich countries 670,729 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 7.7% rising
5 India 509,452 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 26.3% rising
6 United States of America 441,122 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 6.1% falling
7 Russian Federation 274,637 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 53.7% rising
8 Japan 171,329 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 19.3% falling
9 Indonesia 132,361 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 4.0% rising
10 Iran, Islamic Republic of 99,163 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 17.5% rising
11 Germany 91,431 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 7.5% falling
12 Saudi Arabia 84,212 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 24.2% rising
13 Brazil 83,157 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 18.4% rising
14 United Arab Emirates 75,020 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 18.6% rising
15 Canada 67,137 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 7.3% falling
16 Thailand 55,980 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 10.2% rising
17 Mexico 50,589 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 19.0% rising
18 South Africa 48,565 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 6.3% rising
19 Pakistan 45,650 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 18.4% rising
20 Australia 41,203 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 10.4% falling
21 France 36,956 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 18.5% falling
22 Ukraine 35,279 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 42.6% falling
23 Africa, fragile states 35,107 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 51.5% rising
24 Malaysia 32,894 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 7.7% rising
25 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 31,454 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 2.1% falling
26 Spain 30,974 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 21.7% falling
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29,934 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 33.5% falling
28 Egypt 29,860 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 6.2% rising
29 Italy 29,596 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 35.6% falling
30 Kazakhstan 28,669 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 50.4% rising
31 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 27,302 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 1.5% rising
32 Argentina 20,852 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 9.0% rising
33 Belgium 17,125 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 11.3% falling
34 Qatar 17,018 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 63.5% rising
35 Bangladesh 16,398 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 78.0% volatile
36 Colombia 16,013 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 15.2% flat
37 Chile 14,154 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 2.2% rising
38 Romania 13,441 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 4.6% falling
39 Algeria 13,308 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 24.3% rising
40 Kuwait 13,085 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 24.5% rising
41 Oman 12,334 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 51.5% rising
42 Singapore 12,142 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 24.2% rising
43 Czechia 11,958 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 10.7% falling
44 Philippines 11,734 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 7.7% rising
45 Uzbekistan 11,628 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 33.1% falling
46 Iraq 10,489 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 38.6% rising
47 Austria 10,450 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 7.0% flat
48 Myanmar 8,589 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 264.6% volatile
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8,399 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 77.0% falling
50 Nigeria 7,665 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 168.0% rising
51 Finland 7,052 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 24.3% falling
52 Sweden 6,986 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 25.0% falling
53 East African Community 6,733 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 56.0% rising
54 Morocco 6,726 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 12.3% rising
55 Hungary 6,640 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 51.7% rising
56 Peru 6,581 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 13.8% rising
57 New Zealand 6,527 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 19.2% rising
58 Norway 6,498 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 0.4% flat
59 Portugal 5,550 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 17.6% falling
60 Cuba 5,234 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 31.8% falling
61 Switzerland 4,765 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 17.0% falling
62 Belarus 4,726 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 1.1% rising
63 Bulgaria 4,450 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 19.2% falling
64 Tunisia 4,441 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 4.1% rising
65 Nepal 4,341 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 250.3% volatile
66 Israel 4,266 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 40.8% volatile
67 Greece 4,214 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 37.2% falling
68 Ireland 3,929 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 10.4% falling
69 Denmark 3,722 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 7.5% falling
70 Azerbaijan 3,252 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 125.6% flat
71 Dominican Republic 3,166 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 10.3% rising
72 Afghanistan 2,858 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 19.6% volatile
73 Serbia 2,743 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 44.0% falling
74 Kenya 2,720 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 9.0% rising
75 Ecuador 2,690 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 5.7% flat
76 Mongolia 2,212 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 35.6% rising
77 Tanzania, United Republic of 2,203 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 309.4% volatile
78 Bahrain 2,119 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 192.3% volatile
79 Ghana 2,118 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 63.3% rising
80 Guatemala 1,998 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 48.4% rising
81 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1,912 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 3.2% rising
82 Guinea 1,840 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 32.3% rising
83 Libya 1,823 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 47.9% falling
84 Trinidad and Tobago 1,690 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 49.9% falling
85 Georgia 1,672 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 188.1% volatile
86 Sudan 1,568 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 57.7% rising
87 Jordan 1,530 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 33.8% falling
88 Uganda 1,424 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 92.0% rising
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,415 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 12.2% rising
90 Zambia 1,412 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 76.9% rising
91 El Salvador 1,366 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 50.9% rising
92 Angola 1,342 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 42.9% falling
93 Senegal 1,324 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 44.6% rising
94 Tajikistan 1,319 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” volatile
95 Papua New Guinea 1,309 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 10.6% rising
96 Jamaica 1,302 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 20.8% falling
97 Burkina Faso 1,296 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 249.9% volatile
98 Panama 1,293 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 27.4% rising
99 CΓ΄te d’Ivoire 1,268 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 30.3% rising
100 Costa Rica 1,140 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 7.2% rising
101 Yemen 1,108 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 63.6% falling
102 North Macedonia 1,081 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 13.5% flat
103 Cambodia 1,076 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 51.8% volatile
104 Zimbabwe 1,031 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 16.3% falling
105 Albania 987.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 5.4% rising
106 Uruguay 948.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 46.5% rising
107 Sri Lanka 934.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 19.4% flat
108 Luxembourg 923.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 17.4% falling
109 Turkmenistan 850 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 44.3% rising
110 Honduras 831 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 54.9% falling
111 Mozambique 720.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 52.5% rising
112 Gabon 691.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 40.8% rising
113 Lebanon 655.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 20.2% falling
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 647.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 28.2% volatile
115 Haiti 615.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 14.6% rising
116 Nicaragua 599.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 14.7% flat
117 Cyprus 596.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 12.4% falling
118 Botswana 575.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 0.5% falling
119 Benin 527.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 258.7% volatile
120 Guyana 502.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 251.5% rising
121 Kyrgyzstan 457.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 29.9% falling
122 Armenia 448.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 13.2% falling
123 Brunei Darussalam 374 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 14.1% volatile
124 Mali 329.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 791.4% volatile
125 Mauritius 317.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 11.5% falling
126 Rwanda 294.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 216.2% volatile
127 Bhutan 287.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 306.4% volatile
128 Paraguay 277.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 10.3% flat
129 Namibia 273.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 17.8% rising
130 Cameroon 261.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 28.5% rising
131 Bahamas 214.5 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 71.3% falling
132 Montenegro 196.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 69.7% falling
133 Niger 195.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 7.8% volatile
134 Malawi 165.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 68.2% rising
135 Togo 158.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 31.8% volatile
136 Gambia 137.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 70.5% volatile
137 Liberia 107.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 162.6% volatile
138 Suriname 103.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 40.0% volatile
139 Congo 102.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 227.9% volatile
140 Somalia 80.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 0.5% rising
141 Iceland 60.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 87.9% volatile
142 Barbados 57.1 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 7.6% rising
143 Malta 56.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 84.7% volatile
144 Maldives 56.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 166.4% volatile
145 Sierra Leone 55.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 14.9% rising
146 Belize 42.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 65.7% falling
147 Sao Tome and Principe 33.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 39.7% rising
148 South Sudan 29.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 53.9% rising
149 Burundi 28.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 356.5% volatile
150 Djibouti 23.6 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 38.2% falling
151 Eritrea, The State of 22.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 18.1% falling
152 Chad 17.8 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 93.4% volatile
153 Samoa 15.7 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 18.2% falling
154 Solomon Islands 14 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 24.3% rising
155 Grenada 13 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 64.6% volatile
156 Dominica 9.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 15.4% rising
156 Saint Lucia 9.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 65.0% rising
158 Central African Republic 5.9 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 33.7% falling
159 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.2 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 16.7% rising
160 Seychelles 3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 down 75.6% volatile
161 Kiribati 0.4 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 33.3% volatile
162 Comoros 0.3 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 up 50.0% rising
163 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat
163 Guinea-Bissau 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat
163 Marshall Islands 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat
163 Naoero 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” volatile
163 Palau 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat
163 Tonga 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat
163 Tuvalu 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat
163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat
163 Vanuatu 0 Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent 2020 β€” flat

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

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by sector β€” GHG emissions from manufacturing industries and construction
Unit
Kilotonnes of CO2-equivalent
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Coverage
241 places, 5,044 data points, 2000–2020
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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. <br><br> Table 25 shows statistics on GHG emissions from different sources.