Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 0.2519 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Burkina Faso, 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
Burkina Faso recorded 0.2519 tonnes per person for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.2565 tonnes per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0889 tonnes per person, in 1993.
That places Burkina Faso 116th 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 | 0.1016 tonnes per person | 0.0889 tonnes per person | 0.1467 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1223 tonnes per person | 0.0993 tonnes per person | 0.1462 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1885 tonnes per person | 0.1367 tonnes per person | 0.2429 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2438 tonnes per person | 0.2225 tonnes per person | 0.2565 tonnes per person | 4 |
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More climate change data for Burkina Faso
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.5% (2100)
- Population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Population, total 24.07 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.3% (2025)
- Urban population 6.96 million (2025)
- Urban population 28.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.2763 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 95.79 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.2763 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.2763 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Burkina Faso?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Burkina Faso was 0.2519 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 per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2565 tonnes per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0889 tonnes per person in 1993.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- Burkina Faso ranks 116th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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 Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions. 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.