Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in Zambia
Zambia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil was 0.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in Zambia, 1950–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 0.0% for share of global co₂ emissions from oil in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from oil in Zambia peaked at 0.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1950.
Zambia ranks 115th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.0% | — |
| 1951 | 0.0% | +40.4% |
| 1952 | 0.0% | +8.1% |
| 1953 | 0.0% | +7.4% |
| 1954 | 0.0% | +4.7% |
| 1955 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1956 | 0.0% | +16.5% |
| 1957 | 0.0% | -1.5% |
| 1958 | 0.0% | +10.2% |
| 1959 | 0.0% | -9.5% |
| 1960 | 0.0% | -3.8% |
| 1961 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1962 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0% | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0% | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0% | +21.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0% | -12.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0% | +63.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0% | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0% | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0% | -10.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0% | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0% | +35.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0% | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0% | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0% | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0% | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0% | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0% | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0% | -28.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0% | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0% | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +15.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -26.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +32.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -19.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +21.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 95% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 1.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in Zambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +63.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 112 Mongolia 0.0% compare
- 113 Burkina Faso 0.0% compare
- 114 Mauritania 0.0% compare
- 116 Benin 0.0% compare
- 117 Zimbabwe 0.0% compare
- 118 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% compare
More climate change data for Zambia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 303.19 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,795 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,752 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.55 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 169.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,033 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 120.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from oil in Zambia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from oil in Zambia was 0.0% 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 from oil recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1950.
- How does Zambia rank for share of global co₂ emissions from oil?
- Zambia ranks 115th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from oil rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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 from oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from oil in the same year.