Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil in Namibia
Namibia: Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil was 0.9807 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil in Namibia, 1991–2024
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
Namibia recorded 0.9807 tonnes per person for per capita co₂ emissions from oil in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from oil in Namibia peaked at 1.31 tonnes per person in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7091 tonnes per person, in 1991.
Namibia ranks 137th of 213 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9047 tonnes per person | 0.7091 tonnes per person | 1.06 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.12 tonnes per person | 0.9247 tonnes per person | 1.26 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 tonnes per person | 1.15 tonnes per person | 1.31 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 tonnes per person | 0.9807 tonnes per person | 1.06 tonnes per person | 5 |
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More climate change data for Namibia
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Population, total 3.09 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.0% (2025)
- Urban population 1.57 million (2025)
- Urban population 50.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.14 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 87.20 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.14 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.14 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from oil in Namibia?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from oil in Namibia was 0.9807 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 oil recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 tonnes per person in 2016.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7091 tonnes per person in 1991.
- How does Namibia rank for per capita co₂ emissions from oil?
- Namibia ranks 137th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from oil rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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 oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured in tonnes per person.