Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Sub-Saharan Africa

Share of global CO2 emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 2.272%. Since 1950, the indicator has risen by 0.981 pp.

2024 2.272% +0.005 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.439%1997
Period minimum 1.281%1951

Trend over time

1950–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1950–202411.522.519501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 1.291%1952: 1.396%1954: 1.417%1956: 1.445%1958: 1.479%1960: 1.364%1962: 1.395%1964: 1.426%1966: 1.477%1968: 1.439%1970: 1.489%1972: 1.66%1974: 1.793%1976: 1.742%1978: 1.677%1980: 1.916%1982: 2.236%1984: 2.349%1986: 2.324%1988: 2.27%1990: 1.905%1992: 1.907%1994: 2.251%1996: 2.365%1998: 2.388%2000: 2.332%2002: 2.163%2004: 2.375%2006: 2.227%2008: 2.295%2010: 2.265%2012: 2.196%2014: 2.326%2016: 2.308%2018: 2.232%2020: 2.34%2022: 2.283%2024: 2.272%
Change over the period: +0.981 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 2.272%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.272 +0.005 pp
2023 2.267 −0.016 pp
2022 2.283 −0.074 pp
2021 2.357 +0.017 pp
2020 2.34 +0.003 pp
2019 2.337 +0.105 pp
2018 2.232 +0.009 pp
2017 2.223 −0.085 pp
2016 2.308 +0.053 pp
2015 2.255 −0.071 pp
2014 2.326 +0.106 pp
2013 2.22 +0.024 pp
2012 2.196 −0.077 pp
2011 2.273 +0.008 pp
2010 2.265 +0.01 pp
2009 2.255 −0.04 pp
2008 2.295 +0.077 pp
2007 2.218 −0.009 pp
2006 2.227 +0.01 pp
2005 2.217 −0.158 pp
2004 2.375 +0.092 pp
2003 2.283 +0.12 pp
2002 2.163 −0.152 pp
2001 2.315 −0.017 pp
2000 2.332 +0.001 pp
1999 2.331 −0.057 pp
1998 2.388 −0.051 pp
1997 2.439 +0.074 pp
1996 2.365 +0.033 pp
1995 2.332 +0.081 pp
1994 2.251 +0.272 pp
1993 1.979 +0.072 pp
1992 1.907 −0.026 pp
1991 1.933 +0.028 pp
1990 1.905 −0.233 pp
1989 2.138 −0.132 pp
1988 2.27 +0.056 pp
1987 2.214 −0.11 pp
1986 2.324 −0.005 pp
1985 2.329 −0.02 pp
1984 2.349 +0.095 pp
1983 2.254 +0.018 pp
1982 2.236 +0.133 pp
1981 2.103 +0.187 pp
1980 1.916 +0.071 pp
1979 1.845 +0.168 pp
1978 1.677 −0.03 pp
1977 1.707 −0.035 pp
1976 1.742 +0.003 pp
1975 1.739 −0.054 pp
1974 1.793 +0.115 pp
1973 1.678 +0.018 pp
1972 1.66 +0.013 pp
1971 1.647 +0.158 pp
1970 1.489 +0.026 pp
1969 1.463 +0.024 pp
1968 1.439 −0.048 pp
1967 1.487 +0.01 pp
1966 1.477 −0.041 pp
1965 1.518 +0.092 pp
1964 1.426 +0.044 pp
1963 1.382 −0.013 pp
1962 1.395 −0.01 pp
1961 1.405 +0.041 pp
1960 1.364 −0.036 pp
1959 1.4 −0.079 pp
1958 1.479 +0.024 pp
1957 1.455 +0.01 pp
1956 1.445 −0.013 pp
1955 1.458 +0.041 pp
1954 1.417 +0.045 pp
1953 1.372 −0.024 pp
1952 1.396 +0.115 pp
1951 1.281 −0.01 pp
1950 1.291

About the indicator

A country's share of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year. The indicator answers the question of current responsibility and differs noticeably from the share of cumulative emissions: countries that industrialized late stand higher on current emissions than on historical ones, and the other way around. That divergence is the main subject of the dispute over the fair sharing of the effort.

Important: Shares add up, so the sum over a group of countries is its weight in global emissions, and “the world” should come to one hundred percent.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.