Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? was 0.9375 tonnes per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Zimbabwe, 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
In 2023, are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Zimbabwe stood at 0.9375 tonnes per person.
The figure is up 10.7% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.27 tonnes per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.6678 tonnes per person, in 2010.
Zimbabwe ranks 103rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.06 tonnes per person | 0.8442 tonnes per person | 1.27 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8968 tonnes per person | 0.7115 tonnes per person | 1.02 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8173 tonnes per person | 0.6678 tonnes per person | 0.9245 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8105 tonnes per person | 0.6751 tonnes per person | 0.9375 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More climate change data for Zimbabwe
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Population, total 16.95 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.4% (2025)
- Urban population 6.86 million (2025)
- Urban population 40.5% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.8237 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 832.91 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.8237 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.8237 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Zimbabwe?
- Are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Zimbabwe was 0.9375 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 tonnes per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6678 tonnes per person in 2010.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Zimbabwe ranks 103rd 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 Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.