* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Carbon dioxide emissions, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 53 countries was 27 Mt CO2 eq. The highest value was in South Africa: 397 Mt CO2 eq and the lowest value was in the Central African Republic: 0 Mt CO2 eq. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: Mt CO2 eq; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, 2023 Global rank Available data
South Africa 397 1 1970 - 2023
Egypt 249 2 1970 - 2023
Algeria 180 3 1970 - 2023
Nigeria 128 4 1970 - 2023
Morocco 70 5 1970 - 2023
Libya 61 6 1970 - 2023
Tunisia 31 7 1970 - 2023
Angola 28 8 1970 - 2023
Ghana 24 9 1970 - 2023
Kenya 22 10 1970 - 2023
Sudan 21 11 1970 - 2023
Tanzania 19 12 1970 - 2023
Ethiopia 17 13 1970 - 2023
Ivory Coast 14 14 1970 - 2023
Senegal 12 15 1970 - 2023
Zimbabwe 12 16 1970 - 2023
Cameroon 11 17 1970 - 2023
Mozambique 10 18 1970 - 2023
Zambia 8 19 1970 - 2023
Botswana 7 20 1970 - 2023
Mali 7 21 1970 - 2023
R. of Congo 7 22 1970 - 2023
Uganda 7 23 1970 - 2023
Benin 6 24 1970 - 2023
Burkina Faso 6 25 1970 - 2023
Malawi 6 26 1970 - 2023
Gabon 5 27 1970 - 2023
Mauritania 5 28 1970 - 2023
DR Congo 4 29 1970 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 4 30 1970 - 2023
Guinea 4 31 1970 - 2023
Madagascar 4 32 1970 - 2023
Mauritius 4 33 1970 - 2023
Namibia 4 34 1970 - 2023
Chad 3 35 1970 - 2023
Niger 3 36 1970 - 2023
Liberia 2 37 1970 - 2023
Rwanda 2 38 1970 - 2023
Togo 2 39 1970 - 2023
Burundi 1 40 1970 - 2023
Cape Verde 1 41 1970 - 2023
Djibouti 1 42 1970 - 2023
Eritrea 1 43 1970 - 2023
Gambia 1 44 1970 - 2023
Lesotho 1 45 1970 - 2023
Seychelles 1 46 1970 - 2023
Sierra Leone 1 47 1970 - 2023
Somalia 1 48 1970 - 2023
Swaziland 1 49 1970 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 50 1970 - 2023
Comoros 0 51 1970 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 52 1970 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 53 1970 - 2023


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Definition: A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF. The measuring unit (Mt CO2 eq) is a measure of all greenhouse gases, converted to CO2-equivalent impact. It is reported in millions of tons. It is widely used in climate science, emissions reporting, and international climate agreements.

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