Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya
Kenya: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya, 1950–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya is 0.1%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya peaked at 0.4% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1973.
That places Kenya 84th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.2% | — |
| 1951 | 0.2% | -1.6% |
| 1952 | 0.2% | +5.4% |
| 1953 | 0.3% | +5.4% |
| 1954 | 0.3% | -1.8% |
| 1955 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1956 | 0.3% | +3.6% |
| 1957 | 0.3% | +1.6% |
| 1958 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 1959 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.4% | +38.0% |
| 1961 | 0.3% | -21.9% |
| 1962 | 0.2% | -18.0% |
| 1963 | 0.2% | -19.1% |
| 1964 | 0.2% | -15.8% |
| 1965 | 0.1% | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1% | -9.6% |
| 1967 | 0.1% | -14.6% |
| 1968 | 0.1% | -17.2% |
| 1969 | 0.1% | -15.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1% | -15.8% |
| 1971 | 0.1% | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1% | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 0.1% | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | +280.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | -30.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1% | -29.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1% | -30.6% |
| 1978 | 0.1% | -11.2% |
| 1979 | 0.1% | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1% | +37.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1% | +36.3% |
| 1982 | 0.1% | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 0.1% | -18.3% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | +269.1% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | -35.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2% | -20.4% |
| 1987 | 0.2% | +15.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2% | +26.6% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | -34.0% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | +21.6% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | +19.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | +30.9% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -23.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -23.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.1% | -15.4% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +48.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -20.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +11.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +29.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -16.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +48.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -23.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -22.3% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -0.4% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 0.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 0.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +280.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 1984 | +269.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 81 Madagascar 0.1% compare
- 82 Burkina Faso 0.1% compare
- 83 Ghana 0.1% compare
- 85 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% compare
- 86 Ecuador 0.1% compare
- 87 Dominican Republic 0.1% compare
More climate change data for Kenya
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 276.34 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 50,641 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,186 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,454 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 61.08 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,231 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,372 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 255.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.99 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Kenya was 0.1% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 1960.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1973.
- How does Kenya rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Kenya ranks 84th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured as a percentage of global total emissions of CO₂ in the same year.