Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia
Zambia: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita was 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
31st
of 196 countries
All-time high
2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1970
All-time low
0.649 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2021
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia is 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia peaked at 2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.649 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 2021.
That places Zambia 31st out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia, year by year
| Year | tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | — |
| 1961 | 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.6% |
| 1962 | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 2.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 1.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 1.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 1.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 1.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 1.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +41.3% |
| 1971 | 1.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -47.4% |
| 1972 | 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 1.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -14.4% |
| 1975 | 1.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -12.2% |
| 1977 | 1.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 1.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -20.2% |
| 1981 | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -16.1% |
| 1982 | 1.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 1.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -28.7% |
| 1985 | 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9718 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +34.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8791 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -32.9% |
| 1989 | 0.9854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +41.2% |
| 1991 | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 1.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9591 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9134 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9146 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8855 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8016 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8049 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.847 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.798 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7943 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7728 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.7203 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6981 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7069 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6708 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 0.649 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.6867 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 0.6805 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.9% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2468 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 2.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3083 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 2.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -47.4% | 2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
| 1970 | +41.3% | 1.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
| 1990 | +41.2% | 0.9854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
| 1987 | +34.8% | 0.9718 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8791 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8016 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7841 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6981 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.649 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6867 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 28 Poland 0.7365 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 29 Belgium 0.7066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 30 United States 0.7047 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 32 Guyana 0.6455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 33 Bulgaria 0.6225 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 34 Mauritania 0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
More climate change data for Zambia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 303.19 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,795 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,752 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.55 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 169.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,033 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 120.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia?
- Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita in Zambia was 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.649 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2021.
- How does Zambia rank for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
- Zambia ranks 31st out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Greenhouse gas emissions by gas Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.