Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Uganda
Uganda: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? was 0.1809 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 0.1809 tonnes per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Uganda peaked at 0.1908 tonnes per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0731 tonnes per person, in 1994.
That places Uganda 118th out of 120 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0831 tonnes per person | 0.0731 tonnes per person | 0.1231 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.125 tonnes per person | 0.1006 tonnes per person | 0.1591 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1754 tonnes per person | 0.1582 tonnes per person | 0.1893 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1816 tonnes per person | 0.1683 tonnes per person | 0.1908 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 115 Rwanda 0.252 tonnes per person compare
- 116 Burkina Faso 0.2519 tonnes per person compare
- 117 Madagascar 0.2058 tonnes per person compare
- 119 Ethiopia 0.1806 tonnes per person compare
- 120 Malawi 0.1532 tonnes per person compare
More climate change data for Uganda
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 1.2% (2100)
- Population growth 2.7% (2025)
- Population, total 51.38 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.8% (2025)
- Urban population 16.41 million (2025)
- Urban population 31.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.1266 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 131.38 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.1266 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.1266 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Uganda?
- Are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Uganda was 0.1809 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1908 tonnes per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0731 tonnes per person in 1994.
- How does Uganda rank for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Uganda ranks 118th 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 Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.