Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions in Namibia
Namibia: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions was 0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions in Namibia, 1991–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in Namibia stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in Namibia peaked at 0.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1991.
Namibia ranks 150th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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 share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in Namibia?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions in Namibia 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 cumulative co₂ emissions recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1991.
- How does Namibia rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions?
- Namibia ranks 150th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia 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 cumulative CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂.