Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Uganda
Uganda: Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal was 0 tonnes per person in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
0 tonnes per person
World rank
141st
of 179 countries
All-time high
0 tonnes per person
in 2005
All-time low
0 tonnes per person
in 2005
Years of data
20
2005–2024
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Uganda, 2005–2024
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
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Uganda is 0 tonnes per person, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Uganda peaked at 0 tonnes per person in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 2005.
That places Uganda 141st out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 139 Burkina Faso 0 tonnes per person compare
- 140 Turkmenistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Andorra 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Angola 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Aruba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bahrain 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Barbados 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bermuda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Central African Republic 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Chad 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Congo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Curacao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Ecuador 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 El Salvador 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Fiji 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Gabon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Greenland 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Guyana 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Libya 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Macao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Mauritania 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Paraguay 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Helena 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Samoa 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 South Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Suriname 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Togo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Tonga 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Tunisia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per person compare
More climate change data for Uganda
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 1.2% (2100)
- Population growth 2.7% (2025)
- Population, total 51.38 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.8% (2025)
- Urban population 16.41 million (2025)
- Urban population 31.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.1266 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 131.38 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.1266 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.1266 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Uganda?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Uganda was 0 tonnes per person in 2024, 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 co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 2005.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 2005.
- How does Uganda rank for per capita co₂ emissions from coal?
- Uganda ranks 141st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Uganda 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 CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.