Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita in Tanzania
Tanzania: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita was 0.3871 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita in Tanzania, 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
Tanzania recorded 0.3871 tonnes per person for consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania peaked at 0.404 tonnes per person in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.1015 tonnes per person, in 1994.
Tanzania ranks 113th 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 | 0.1115 tonnes per person | 0.1015 tonnes per person | 0.1192 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1926 tonnes per person | 0.1458 tonnes per person | 0.2636 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3434 tonnes per person | 0.2379 tonnes per person | 0.404 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3797 tonnes per person | 0.3517 tonnes per person | 0.3987 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 110 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5732 tonnes per person compare
- 111 Guinea 0.4442 tonnes per person compare
- 112 Mozambique 0.429 tonnes per person compare
- 114 Cameroon 0.366 tonnes per person compare
- 115 Rwanda 0.252 tonnes per person compare
- 116 Burkina Faso 0.2519 tonnes per person compare
More climate change data for Tanzania
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 2.6% (2100)
- Population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Population, total 70.55 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.8% (2025)
- Urban population 26.02 million (2025)
- Urban population 36.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.292 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 344.85 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.292 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.292 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania?
- Consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania was 0.3871 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 consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.404 tonnes per person in 2013.
- What is the lowest consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1015 tonnes per person in 1994.
- How does Tanzania rank for consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- Tanzania ranks 113th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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 Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.