All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share in Malawi

Malawi: All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share was 22.08 % in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
22.08 %
Change on year
up 3.3%
World rank
202nd
of 222 countries
All-time high
22.08 %
in 2023
All-time low
8.76 %
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share in Malawi, 1990–2023

051015201990200620231990: 8.8 %1991: 9.3 %1992: 9.3 %1993: 10.2 %1994: 10.5 %1995: 10.5 %1996: 10.7 %1997: 10.7 %1998: 10.5 %1999: 10.4 %2000: 10 %2001: 9.1 %2002: 10 %2003: 10.7 %2004: 10.5 %2005: 10 %2006: 10 %2007: 10.7 %2008: 11.4 %2009: 11.6 %2010: 11.2 %2011: 12.1 %2012: 12.2 %2013: 12.9 %2014: 12 %2015: 12.4 %2016: 13.6 %2017: 13.8 %2018: 18.3 %2019: 17.6 %2020: 19.5 %2021: 20.6 %2022: 21.4 %2023: 22.1 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2023, all sectors without lulucf — emissions share in Malawi stood at 22.08 %. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 70.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, all sectors without lulucf — emissions share in Malawi peaked at 22.08 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.76 %, in 1990.

That places Malawi 202nd out of 222 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2) in Malawi, 1990 to 2023.
Year % Change
1990 8.76 % —
1991 9.34 % +6.6%
1992 9.3 % -0.4%
1993 10.24 % +10.1%
1994 10.48 % +2.3%
1995 10.49 % +0.1%
1996 10.66 % +1.6%
1997 10.65 % -0.1%
1998 10.49 % -1.5%
1999 10.4 % -0.9%
2000 10.04 % -3.5%
2001 9.13 % -9.1%
2002 10.03 % +9.9%
2003 10.67 % +6.4%
2004 10.51 % -1.5%
2005 9.97 % -5.1%
2006 10.01 % +0.4%
2007 10.71 % +7.0%
2008 11.45 % +6.9%
2009 11.59 % +1.2%
2010 11.21 % -3.3%
2011 12.12 % +8.1%
2012 12.18 % +0.5%
2013 12.93 % +6.2%
2014 12.02 % -7.0%
2015 12.4 % +3.2%
2016 13.64 % +10.0%
2017 13.81 % +1.2%
2018 18.28 % +32.4%
2019 17.57 % -3.9%
2020 19.47 % +10.8%
2021 20.62 % +5.9%
2022 21.37 % +3.6%
2023 22.08 % +3.3%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 22.08 % is below the median for low income countries, which is 23.52 %, 94% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 22.08 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 38.99 %, 57% of the median. (45 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10.08 % 8.76 % 10.66 % 10
2000s 10.41 % 9.13 % 11.59 % 10
2010s 13.62 % 11.21 % 18.28 % 10
2020s 20.88 % 19.47 % 22.08 % 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 199 Burkina Faso 22.9 % compare
  2. 200 Cambodia 22.37 % compare
  3. 201 Paraguay 22.36 % compare
  4. 203 Suriname 20.75 % compare
  5. 204 Guyana 20.2 % compare
  6. 205 United Republic of Tanzania 19.86 % compare

See the full ranking of 254 places →

More climate change data for Malawi

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is all sectors without lulucf — emissions share in Malawi?
All sectors without lulucf — emissions share in Malawi was 22.08 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest all sectors without lulucf — emissions share recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 22.08 % in 2023.
What is the lowest all sectors without lulucf — emissions share recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 8.76 % in 1990.
How does Malawi rank for all sectors without lulucf — emissions share?
Malawi ranks 202nd out of 222 countries with data for 2023.
Is all sectors without lulucf — emissions share rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 70.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share in Malawi. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/all-sectors-without-lulucf-emissions-share-co2/malawi/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/all-sectors-without-lulucf-emissions-share-co2/malawi/">All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share in Malawi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
254 places, 8,412 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.