Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Kenya
Kenya: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 0.6321 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Kenya, 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
Kenya recorded 0.6321 tonnes per person for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Kenya peaked at 0.6364 tonnes per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2561 tonnes per person, in 1991.
That places Kenya 106th 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 | 0.3284 tonnes per person | 0.2561 tonnes per person | 0.4111 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3694 tonnes per person | 0.2977 tonnes per person | 0.4408 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5483 tonnes per person | 0.428 tonnes per person | 0.6326 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6243 tonnes per person | 0.5982 tonnes per person | 0.6364 tonnes per person | 4 |
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More climate change data for Kenya
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 1.0% (2100)
- Population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Population, total 57.53 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Urban population 18.53 million (2025)
- Urban population 32.2% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.3761 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 551.31 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.3761 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.3761 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Kenya?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Kenya was 0.6321 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6364 tonnes per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2561 tonnes per person in 1991.
- How does Kenya rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- Kenya ranks 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.