Burkina Faso vs Uganda: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.28 tonnes in Burkina Faso and 0.17 tonnes in Uganda, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 0.11 tonnes, or 1.67 times that in Uganda.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

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What the numbers say

Burkina Faso has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Uganda.
In 2024, Burkina Faso ranked 176 and Uganda ranked 182 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Burkina Faso	Uganda	World
2024	0.28	0.17	4.69
2023	0.27	0.17	4.68
2022	0.29	0.17	4.67
2021	0.29	0.18	4.69
2020	0.27	0.16	4.48
2019	0.27	0.16	4.7
2018	0.26	0.17	4.74
2017	0.23	0.16	4.67
2016	0.2	0.15	4.65
2015	0.21	0.15	4.7
2014	0.15	0.13	4.78
2013	0.17	0.12	4.81
2012	0.15	0.13	4.77
2011	0.13	0.13	4.76
2010	0.12	0.12	4.67
2009	0.12	0.12	4.45
2008	0.12	0.11	4.56
2007	0.11	0.1	4.59
2006	0.08	0.09	4.48
2005	0.08	0.08	4.39
2004	0.08	0.07	4.28
2003	0.09	0.07	4.15
2002	0.09	0.06	4.02
2001	0.08	0.06	4.01
2000	0.07	0.06	4.01
1999	0.07	0.06	3.95
1998	0.07	0.06	3.98
1997	0.07	0.05	4.02
1996	0.05	0.05	4.01
1995	0.04	0.05	3.99
1994	0.04	0.04	3.94
1993	0.04	0.04	3.97
1992	0.04	0.05	4.02
1991	0.05	0.05	4.1
1990	0.04	0.05	4.15
1989	0.05	0.04	4.16
1988	0.06	0.05	4.16
1987	0.06	0.04	4.1
1986	0.04	0.04	4.04
1985	0.04	0.04	4.05
1984	0.04	0.04	4.07
1983	0.04	0.04	4.01
1982	0.04	0.04	4.05
1981	0.04	0.04	4.18
1980	0.05	0.05	4.33
1979	0.05	0.06	4.46
1978	0.04	0.06	4.42
1977	0.04	0.08	4.36
1976	0.04	0.08	4.31
1975	0.04	0.07	4.15
1974	0.04	0.08	4.23
1973	0.04	0.08	4.32
1972	0.04	0.09	4.16
1971	0.04	0.09	4.04
1970	0.04	0.09	4.15

Each country on its own

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Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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