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 96th of 117 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
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 |
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More climate change data for Zambia
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.6% (2100)
- Population growth 2.8% (2025)
- Population, total 21.91 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.7% (2025)
- Urban population 10.06 million (2025)
- Urban population 45.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.565 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 300.84 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.565 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.565 tonnes per person (2024)
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 96th out of 117 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.