GHG Emissions per Capita in Africa

Why does per capita matter?

Per capita emissions normalize a country's total emissions by its population, providing a fairer comparison of individual impact across nations of vastly different sizes. A small country with high per capita emissions has a greater average individual carbon footprint than a large country with lower per capita values.

GHG Emissions per Capita by Country

Worldwide Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
#CountryGHG Per Capita (tons)GHG Total (tons)
1
Libya
14.198,170,876
2
Seychelles
9.96976,437
3
Gabon
9.3621,781,992
4
South Africa
9.31569,809,610
5
Chad
5.54101,173,797
6
Algeria
5.52252,699,997
7
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
5.2521,008
8
Equatorial Guinea
5.128,138,702
9
Mauritius
5.056,471,596
10
Namibia
4.8714,212,132
11
Botswana
4.712,097,730
12
Republic of the Congo
3.9124,623,026
13
Tunisia
3.6244,621,001
14
Egypt
3.52386,598,228
15
Mauritania
3.3117,508,621
16
Réunion
3.293,034,389
17
Morocco
2.81108,736,424
18
Central African Republic
2.513,444,290
19
Djibouti
2.292,417,345
20
Sudan
South Sudan
2.18138,701,952
21
Mali
2.1148,008,510
22
Guinea
1.9329,375,914
23
Eswatini
1.912,929,757
24
Somalia
1.934,416,873
25
Angola
1.8869,922,939
26
Zambia
1.8438,519,002
27
Kenya
1.75102,836,152
28
Senegal
1.6631,720,612
29
Zimbabwe
1.630,784,272
30
Ethiopia
1.56192,704,007
31
Nigeria
1.54350,555,354
32
Cabo Verde
1.53912,564
33
Burkina Faso
1.534,917,746
34
Niger
1.4741,146,147
35
Guinea-Bissau
1.453,188,633
36
Tanzania
1.45102,525,007
37
Ghana
1.4448,093,949
38
Cameroon
1.4240,621,856
39
Benin
1.3217,767,053
40
Côte d'Ivoire
1.3238,026,697
41
Lesotho
1.253,054,965
42
Togo
1.1810,844,265
43
Madagascar
1.1735,789,967
44
Western Sahara
1.12735,414
45
Eritrea
1.116,579,258
46
Uganda
1.0757,298,152
47
São Tomé and Príncipe
1.03245,465
48
Comoros
1949,389
49
Mozambique
0.9333,625,590
50
Sierra Leone
0.917,928,483
51
Malawi
0.8419,023,565
52
Liberia
0.794,459,909
53
Gambia
0.721,859,505
54
Burundi
0.638,421,724
55
Rwanda
0.598,349,881
56
Democratic Republic of the Congo
0.5858,491,691

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).