Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil in Senegal
Senegal: Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil was 0.4797 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil in Senegal, 1949–2024
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
Senegal recorded 0.4797 tonnes per person for per capita co₂ emissions from oil in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from oil in Senegal peaked at 0.5397 tonnes per person in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 1949.
That places Senegal 164th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 76 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 1 |
| 1950s | 0.0917 tonnes per person | 0.0632 tonnes per person | 0.1126 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2133 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.4159 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3486 tonnes per person | 0.2658 tonnes per person | 0.4748 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4251 tonnes per person | 0.3198 tonnes per person | 0.5397 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3359 tonnes per person | 0.2957 tonnes per person | 0.3849 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.314 tonnes per person | 0.2436 tonnes per person | 0.3681 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4177 tonnes per person | 0.3529 tonnes per person | 0.4875 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4579 tonnes per person | 0.4002 tonnes per person | 0.5061 tonnes per person | 5 |
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More climate change data for Senegal
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.5% (2100)
- Population growth 2.3% (2025)
- Population, total 18.93 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.3% (2025)
- Urban population 10.56 million (2025)
- Urban population 55.8% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.7616 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 300.60 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.7616 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.7616 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from oil in Senegal?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from oil in Senegal was 0.4797 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5397 tonnes per person in 1980.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 1949.
- How does Senegal rank for per capita co₂ emissions from oil?
- Senegal ranks 164th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from oil rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.