Uganda vs Zambia
Uganda vs Zambia: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.17 tonnes in Uganda and 0.54 tonnes in Zambia, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 0.38 tonnes, or 3.29 times that in Uganda.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Uganda ranked 182 and Zambia ranked 158 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Uganda | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.17 | 0.54 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.17 | 0.55 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.18 | 0.49 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.16 | 0.5 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.16 | 0.49 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.17 | 0.51 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.15 | 0.37 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.15 | 0.36 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.13 | 0.35 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.12 | 0.31 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.11 | 0.2 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.1 | 0.17 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.09 | 0.2 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.07 | 0.2 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.07 | 0.2 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.06 | 0.2 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.05 | 0.27 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.05 | 0.27 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.05 | 0.48 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.04 | 0.54 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.04 | 0.58 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.05 | 0.65 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.06 | 0.67 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.06 | 0.76 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.08 | 0.82 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.08 | 0.93 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.07 | 0.96 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.08 | 0.95 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.08 | 0.97 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.09 | 0.93 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.09 | 0.87 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.09 | 0.86 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Uganda vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyUganda: 68.3 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionUganda: 4.92% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateUganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUganda: 48.7 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthUganda: 2.78% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUganda: 31.9% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageUganda: 16.5 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUganda: 2.2% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateUganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsUganda: $1.2B in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personUganda: $26 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingUganda: 9% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelUganda: 46,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerUganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUganda: 2 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsUganda: 4 million TIV in 2016Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990