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Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi

Malawi: Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use was 0.2806 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.2806
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
196th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.4
in 1956
All-time low
0.0865
in 1852
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi, 1850–2024

0.10.20.30.4185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi stood at 0.2806.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi peaked at 0.4 in 1956 and was at its lowest, 0.0865, in 1852.

That places Malawi 196th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.0873 —
1851 0.0867 -0.7%
1852 0.0865 -0.2%
1853 0.0867 +0.2%
1854 0.0869 +0.2%
1855 0.0871 +0.2%
1856 0.0872 +0.2%
1857 0.0874 +0.2%
1858 0.0875 +0.2%
1859 0.0877 +0.2%
1860 0.0881 +0.4%
1861 0.0885 +0.5%
1862 0.089 +0.6%
1863 0.0908 +2.0%
1864 0.0913 +0.6%
1865 0.0918 +0.6%
1866 0.0924 +0.6%
1867 0.0929 +0.6%
1868 0.0935 +0.6%
1869 0.094 +0.6%
1870 0.0946 +0.6%
1871 0.0953 +0.7%
1872 0.0961 +0.8%
1873 0.0969 +0.9%
1874 0.0978 +0.9%
1875 0.0988 +1.0%
1876 0.0997 +1.0%
1877 0.1007 +1.0%
1878 0.1017 +0.9%
1879 0.1025 +0.8%
1880 0.1032 +0.7%
1881 0.1038 +0.6%
1882 0.1044 +0.5%
1883 0.1049 +0.5%
1884 0.1054 +0.5%
1885 0.1059 +0.5%
1886 0.1064 +0.5%
1887 0.1069 +0.5%
1888 0.1074 +0.5%
1889 0.1081 +0.6%
1890 0.1083 +0.2%
1891 0.1094 +1.0%
1892 0.1106 +1.1%
1893 0.1119 +1.2%
1894 0.1133 +1.2%
1895 0.1147 +1.3%
1896 0.1162 +1.3%
1897 0.1177 +1.3%
1898 0.1192 +1.3%
1899 0.1209 +1.4%
1900 0.1227 +1.5%
1901 0.1256 +2.3%
1902 0.1311 +4.4%
1903 0.1373 +4.8%
1904 0.1442 +5.0%
1905 0.1392 -3.5%
1906 0.1469 +5.5%
1907 0.1496 +1.9%
1908 0.1535 +2.6%
1909 0.1589 +3.5%
1910 0.1575 -0.9%
1911 0.1642 +4.3%
1912 0.1701 +3.6%
1913 0.1753 +3.0%
1914 0.182 +3.8%
1915 0.1876 +3.1%
1916 0.1949 +3.9%
1917 0.1991 +2.2%
1918 0.2095 +5.2%
1919 0.2124 +1.4%
1920 0.2143 +0.9%
1921 0.2167 +1.1%
1922 0.2175 +0.4%
1923 0.2168 -0.3%
1924 0.2202 +1.6%
1925 0.2207 +0.2%
1926 0.2269 +2.8%
1927 0.2266 -0.1%
1928 0.2305 +1.7%
1929 0.2329 +1.1%
1930 0.2355 +1.1%
1931 0.2418 +2.7%
1932 0.244 +0.9%
1933 0.2471 +1.2%
1934 0.2501 +1.2%
1935 0.2531 +1.2%
1936 0.2561 +1.2%
1937 0.2591 +1.2%
1938 0.262 +1.1%
1939 0.2641 +0.8%
1940 0.2645 +0.2%
1941 0.2673 +1.0%
1942 0.2735 +2.3%
1943 0.2769 +1.3%
1944 0.2782 +0.5%
1945 0.2776 -0.2%
1946 0.2768 -0.3%
1947 0.2758 -0.4%
1948 0.2744 -0.5%
1949 0.2726 -0.7%
1950 0.3653 +34.0%
1951 0.369 +1.0%
1952 0.3746 +1.5%
1953 0.3777 +0.8%
1954 0.382 +1.1%
1955 0.3953 +3.5%
1956 0.4 +1.2%
1957 0.3969 -0.8%
1958 0.3756 -5.4%
1959 0.3818 +1.7%
1960 0.3683 -3.5%
1961 0.3432 -6.8%
1962 0.3333 -2.9%
1963 0.3231 -3.1%
1964 0.3118 -3.5%
1965 0.3099 -0.6%
1966 0.3229 +4.2%
1967 0.3022 -6.4%
1968 0.301 -0.4%
1969 0.293 -2.7%
1970 0.3115 +6.3%
1971 0.3146 +1.0%
1972 0.3176 +1.0%
1973 0.3155 -0.7%
1974 0.3038 -3.7%
1975 0.3056 +0.6%
1976 0.3036 -0.6%
1977 0.306 +0.8%
1978 0.3036 -0.8%
1979 0.2899 -4.5%
1980 0.2948 +1.7%
1981 0.2725 -7.6%
1982 0.2692 -1.2%
1983 0.2587 -3.9%
1984 0.2447 -5.4%
1985 0.2423 -1.0%
1986 0.2418 -0.2%
1987 0.2388 -1.2%
1988 0.2316 -3.0%
1989 0.2321 +0.2%
1990 0.3336 +43.8%
1991 0.3323 -0.4%
1992 0.3261 -1.9%
1993 0.3233 -0.8%
1994 0.3366 +4.1%
1995 0.3363 -0.1%
1996 0.3335 -0.9%
1997 0.3272 -1.9%
1998 0.3277 +0.2%
1999 0.3373 +2.9%
2000 0.3323 -1.5%
2001 0.3096 -6.8%
2002 0.3121 +0.8%
2003 0.3157 +1.2%
2004 0.3099 -1.8%
2005 0.3045 -1.8%
2006 0.3012 -1.1%
2007 0.3007 -0.2%
2008 0.3034 +0.9%
2009 0.3025 -0.3%
2010 0.2967 -1.9%
2011 0.2969 +0.1%
2012 0.2931 -1.3%
2013 0.2913 -0.6%
2014 0.2811 -3.5%
2015 0.2753 -2.1%
2016 0.2786 +1.2%
2017 0.274 -1.6%
2018 0.2983 +8.8%
2019 0.298 -0.1%
2020 0.3031 +1.7%
2021 0.2828 -6.7%
2022 0.2879 +1.8%
2023 0.2852 -0.9%
2024 0.2806 -1.6%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 0.2806 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.5093, 55% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 0.2806 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7269, 39% of the median. (46 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi 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.

YearChange FromTo
1990 +43.8% 0.2321 0.3336
1950 +34.0% 0.2726 0.3653

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.0871 0.0865 0.0877 10
1860s 0.0912 0.0881 0.094 10
1870s 0.0984 0.0946 0.1025 10
1880s 0.1056 0.1032 0.1081 10
1890s 0.1142 0.1083 0.1209 10
1900s 0.1409 0.1227 0.1589 10
1910s 0.1853 0.1575 0.2124 10
1920s 0.2223 0.2143 0.2329 10
1930s 0.2513 0.2355 0.2641 10
1940s 0.2738 0.2645 0.2782 10
1950s 0.3818 0.3653 0.4 10
1960s 0.3209 0.293 0.3683 10
1970s 0.3072 0.2899 0.3176 10
1980s 0.2526 0.2316 0.2948 10
1990s 0.3314 0.3233 0.3373 10
2000s 0.3092 0.3007 0.3323 10
2010s 0.2883 0.274 0.2983 10
2020s 0.2879 0.2806 0.3031 5

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 193 Rwanda 0.3844 compare
  2. 194 Afghanistan 0.3715 compare
  3. 195 Burundi 0.2936 compare
  4. 197 Niger 0.2484 compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi?
Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use in Malawi was 0.2806 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita ghg co2 excluding land use recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.4 in 1956.
What is the lowest per capita ghg co2 excluding land use recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0865 in 1852.
How does Malawi rank for per capita ghg co2 excluding land use?
Malawi ranks 196th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita ghg co2 excluding land use rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita ghg co2 excluding land use
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 33,567 data points, 1850–2024
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