Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia
Zambia: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions was 0.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia peaked at 0.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
Zambia ranks 98th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +14.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -13.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +28.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -21.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +80.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +25.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +6.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 57% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +80.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More climate change data for Zambia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 303.19 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,795 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,752 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.55 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 169.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,033 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 120.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia?
- Share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Zambia was 0.0% in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Zambia rank for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions?
- Zambia ranks 98th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.