metric tons · World Bank
CO₂ emissions per capita
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production, per person.
Methodology & source
How this is measured.
Definition
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production, per person.
Calculation
Climate Watch / OWID-derived series originally from CDIAC. Excludes land use change and forestry.
Primary source
World Bank · EN.ATM.CO2E.PC
License: CC BY 4.0
View source Caveats
Excludes emissions from land-use change. Production-based, not consumption-based.
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Continent average
1.19
metric tons
Continental view
Africa, color-coded.
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Time series
How it's changed.
Continent average vs. Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa. Values in metric tons.
Continent average
Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa
Biggest improvers
Largest gains since 2000
Equatorial Guinea↓ 60%
2006: 6.45 metric tons2024: 2.55 metric tons
Gabon↓ 46%
2006: 3.78 metric tons2024: 2.05 metric tons
Seychelles↓ 42%
2006: 12.41 metric tons2024: 7.24 metric tons
Somalia↓ 36%
2006: 0.07 metric tons2024: 0.05 metric tons
Stalled or worse
Smallest gains, or moved the wrong way
Open the data
Every country, latest available value.
Sorted lowest to highest — lower is better. Click any country to open its dataset detail page.
Showing 20 of 53.
2006: 0.08 metric tons2024: 0.30 metric tons
Burkina Faso↑ 244%
2006: 0.08 metric tons2024: 0.28 metric tons
Chad↑ 206%
2006: 0.05 metric tons2024: 0.14 metric tons
Zambia↑ 173%
2006: 0.20 metric tons2024: 0.54 metric tons
Bulk download
Every country, every year — CO₂ emissions per capita.
All 1,000 data points for this indicator across all 54 African countries (1970–2024). Free for any non-commercial use; please cite World Bank.