Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Madagascar
Madagascar: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 0.2058 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Madagascar, 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, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Madagascar stood at 0.2058 tonnes per person.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Madagascar peaked at 0.2136 tonnes per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0954 tonnes per person, in 1990.
Madagascar ranks 117th 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 | 0.1089 tonnes per person | 0.0954 tonnes per person | 0.1422 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1619 tonnes per person | 0.1381 tonnes per person | 0.2062 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1853 tonnes per person | 0.1481 tonnes per person | 0.2136 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2027 tonnes per person | 0.193 tonnes per person | 0.2087 tonnes per person | 4 |
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More climate change data for Madagascar
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.8% (2100)
- Population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Population, total 32.74 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.8% (2025)
- Urban population 10.77 million (2025)
- Urban population 32.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.1417 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 112.65 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.1417 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.1417 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Madagascar?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Madagascar was 0.2058 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2136 tonnes per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0954 tonnes per person in 1990.
- How does Madagascar rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- Madagascar ranks 117th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.