Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Senegal
Senegal: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? was 1.05 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Senegal, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Senegal is 1.05 tonnes per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Senegal peaked at 1.08 tonnes per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3892 tonnes per person, in 1995.
Senegal 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4337 tonnes per person | 0.3892 tonnes per person | 0.4583 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5607 tonnes per person | 0.5021 tonnes per person | 0.6247 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8717 tonnes per person | 0.6205 tonnes per person | 1.05 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 tonnes per person | 0.9292 tonnes per person | 1.08 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More climate change data for Senegal
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.5% (2100)
- Population growth 2.3% (2025)
- Population, total 18.93 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.3% (2025)
- Urban population 10.56 million (2025)
- Urban population 55.8% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.7616 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 300.60 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.7616 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.7616 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Senegal?
- Are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Senegal was 1.05 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 tonnes per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3892 tonnes per person in 1995.
- How does Senegal rank for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Senegal ranks 98th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.