Domestic Wastewater — Emissions in Malawi

Malawi: Domestic Wastewater — Emissions was 0.4731 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.4731 kt
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
62nd
of 178 countries
All-time high
0.4731 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.1694 kt
in 1992
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions in Malawi, 1990–2023

00.10.20.30.40.51990200620231990: 0.17 kt1991: 0.172 kt1992: 0.169 kt1993: 0.178 kt1994: 0.174 kt1995: 0.178 kt1996: 0.186 kt1997: 0.19 kt1998: 0.196 kt1999: 0.209 kt2000: 0.217 kt2001: 0.224 kt2002: 0.226 kt2003: 0.234 kt2004: 0.239 kt2005: 0.247 kt2006: 0.265 kt2007: 0.281 kt2008: 0.292 kt2009: 0.296 kt2010: 0.316 kt2011: 0.333 kt2012: 0.338 kt2013: 0.355 kt2014: 0.341 kt2015: 0.365 kt2016: 0.378 kt2017: 0.396 kt2018: 0.418 kt2019: 0.425 kt2020: 0.438 kt2021: 0.455 kt2022: 0.461 kt2023: 0.473 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

In 2023, domestic wastewater — emissions in Malawi stood at 0.4731 kt. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, domestic wastewater — emissions in Malawi peaked at 0.4731 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1694 kt, in 1992.

Malawi ranks 62nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O) in Malawi, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.1701 kt —
1991 0.1721 kt +1.2%
1992 0.1694 kt -1.6%
1993 0.178 kt +5.1%
1994 0.1739 kt -2.3%
1995 0.1777 kt +2.2%
1996 0.1865 kt +4.9%
1997 0.1899 kt +1.8%
1998 0.1959 kt +3.2%
1999 0.2093 kt +6.8%
2000 0.217 kt +3.7%
2001 0.2239 kt +3.2%
2002 0.2264 kt +1.1%
2003 0.2337 kt +3.2%
2004 0.2386 kt +2.1%
2005 0.2467 kt +3.4%
2006 0.265 kt +7.4%
2007 0.2811 kt +6.1%
2008 0.2919 kt +3.8%
2009 0.2959 kt +1.4%
2010 0.3162 kt +6.8%
2011 0.3328 kt +5.3%
2012 0.338 kt +1.5%
2013 0.3548 kt +5.0%
2014 0.341 kt -3.9%
2015 0.3652 kt +7.1%
2016 0.3778 kt +3.5%
2017 0.3957 kt +4.8%
2018 0.4185 kt +5.7%
2019 0.4253 kt +1.6%
2020 0.4385 kt +3.1%
2021 0.4551 kt +3.8%
2022 0.4611 kt +1.3%
2023 0.4731 kt +2.6%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 0.4731 kt is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4731 kt, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 0.4731 kt is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2833 kt, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1823 kt 0.1694 kt 0.2093 kt 10
2000s 0.252 kt 0.217 kt 0.2959 kt 10
2010s 0.3665 kt 0.3162 kt 0.4253 kt 10
2020s 0.4569 kt 0.4385 kt 0.4731 kt 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 59 Chad 0.5291 kt compare
  2. 60 Mozambique 0.5023 kt compare
  3. 61 Sri Lanka 0.498 kt compare
  4. 63 Czechia 0.4719 kt compare
  5. 64 Greece 0.4716 kt compare
  6. 65 Austria 0.4608 kt compare

See the full ranking of 228 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is domestic wastewater — emissions in Malawi?
Domestic wastewater — emissions in Malawi was 0.4731 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest domestic wastewater — emissions recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.4731 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest domestic wastewater — emissions recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1694 kt in 1992.
How does Malawi rank for domestic wastewater — emissions?
Malawi ranks 62nd out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
Is domestic wastewater — emissions rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
228 places, 7,605 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.