Greenhouse gas emissions — all countries

Greenhouse gas emissions — Burkina Faso

Greenhouse gas emissions in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 59.46 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 115 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 5,237.4%.

2024 59.46 Mt CO₂e +1.81% vs 2023
World rank 115of 199
Period maximum 59.46 Mt CO₂e2024
Period minimum 1.11 Mt CO₂e1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Burkina Faso, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.11 Mt CO₂e1853: 1.35 Mt CO₂e1856: 1.46 Mt CO₂e1859: 1.53 Mt CO₂e1862: 1.55 Mt CO₂e1865: 1.57 Mt CO₂e1868: 1.59 Mt CO₂e1871: 1.72 Mt CO₂e1874: 1.84 Mt CO₂e1877: 1.92 Mt CO₂e1880: 1.98 Mt CO₂e1883: 2.02 Mt CO₂e1886: 2.05 Mt CO₂e1889: 2.07 Mt CO₂e1892: 2.22 Mt CO₂e1895: 2.27 Mt CO₂e1898: 2.32 Mt CO₂e1901: 3 Mt CO₂e1904: 3.32 Mt CO₂e1907: 3.58 Mt CO₂e1910: 3.79 Mt CO₂e1913: 4.09 Mt CO₂e1916: 4.38 Mt CO₂e1919: 4.73 Mt CO₂e1922: 5.61 Mt CO₂e1925: 6.24 Mt CO₂e1928: 6.8 Mt CO₂e1931: 7.45 Mt CO₂e1934: 7.91 Mt CO₂e1937: 8.29 Mt CO₂e1940: 9.15 Mt CO₂e1943: 10.58 Mt CO₂e1946: 11.9 Mt CO₂e1949: 12.79 Mt CO₂e1952: 12.38 Mt CO₂e1955: 12.7 Mt CO₂e1958: 13.15 Mt CO₂e1961: 11.3 Mt CO₂e1964: 10.72 Mt CO₂e1967: 11.24 Mt CO₂e1970: 11.73 Mt CO₂e1973: 11.42 Mt CO₂e1976: 12.49 Mt CO₂e1979: 13.97 Mt CO₂e1982: 15.74 Mt CO₂e1985: 26.11 Mt CO₂e1988: 29.35 Mt CO₂e1991: 33.64 Mt CO₂e1994: 35.71 Mt CO₂e1997: 36.51 Mt CO₂e2000: 35.62 Mt CO₂e2003: 40.71 Mt CO₂e2006: 51.67 Mt CO₂e2009: 47.63 Mt CO₂e2012: 52.31 Mt CO₂e2015: 52.21 Mt CO₂e2018: 56.3 Mt CO₂e2021: 57.65 Mt CO₂e2024: 59.46 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +58.35 (+5,237.43%) Average annual rate: 2.31 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 59.46 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
Western Africa computed 993.26 Mt CO₂e
Low-income countries computed 2,052.87 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 59.46 +1.06 +1.81%
2023 58.4 +0.46 +0.79%
2022 57.94 +0.3 +0.51%
2021 57.65 +5.61 +10.77%
2020 52.04 −4.15 −7.39%
2019 56.2 −0.1 −0.18%
2018 56.3 −0.68 −1.19%
2017 56.97 +3.57 +6.68%
2016 53.41 +1.2 +2.3%
2015 52.21 −0.53 −1%
2014 52.73 +0.87 +1.68%
2013 51.86 −0.45 −0.86%
2012 52.31 +1.9 +3.76%
2011 50.42 −0.88 −1.72%
2010 51.3 +3.67 +7.7%
2009 47.63 −0.39 −0.81%
2008 48.02 +0.35 +0.74%
2007 47.67 −4 −7.74%
2006 51.67 +8.43 +19.5%
2005 43.23 +2.14 +5.21%
2004 41.09 +0.38 +0.94%
2003 40.71 +4.16 +11.37%
2002 36.56 +0.57 +1.59%
2001 35.98 +0.37 +1.03%
2000 35.62 −0.42 −1.15%
1999 36.03 −0.63 −1.72%
1998 36.67 +0.16 +0.43%
1997 36.51 −0.14 −0.39%
1996 36.65 +0.19 +0.52%
1995 36.46 +0.75 +2.1%
1994 35.71 +0.94 +2.69%
1993 34.77 +0.37 +1.07%
1992 34.41 +0.77 +2.29%
1991 33.64 +1.17 +3.6%
1990 32.47 +1.38 +4.45%
1989 31.08 +1.73 +5.91%
1988 29.35 +0.78 +2.74%
1987 28.57 +1.17 +4.28%
1986 27.39 +1.28 +4.9%
1985 26.11 +2.81 +12.07%
1984 23.3 +2.79 +13.63%
1983 20.51 +4.76 +30.26%
1982 15.74 +0.22 +1.43%
1981 15.52 +0.17 +1.11%
1980 15.35 +1.38 +9.89%
1979 13.97 +0.77 +5.84%
1978 13.2 +0.28 +2.18%
1977 12.92 +0.43 +3.42%
1976 12.49 +0.2 +1.63%
1975 12.29 +0.59 +5.04%
1974 11.7 +0.28 +2.43%
1973 11.42 −0.17 −1.44%
1972 11.59 −0.13 −1.12%
1971 11.72 −0.01 −0.11%
1970 11.73 +0.36 +3.13%
1969 11.38 −0.02 −0.17%
1968 11.4 +0.16 +1.42%
1967 11.24 +0.25 +2.29%
1966 10.98 −0.02 −0.2%
1965 11.01 +0.28 +2.63%
1964 10.72 +0.05 +0.52%
1963 10.67 −0.21 −1.92%
1962 10.88 −0.42 −3.69%
1961 11.3 −0.66 −5.51%
1960 11.95 −1.25 −9.47%
1959 13.21 +0.06 +0.46%
1958 13.15 +0.22 +1.67%
1957 12.93 +0.13 +1.04%
1956 12.8 +0.09 +0.73%
1955 12.7 +0.16 +1.3%
1954 12.54 +0.12 +0.97%
1953 12.42 +0.04 +0.29%
1952 12.38 −0.03 −0.27%
1951 12.42 −0.19 −1.51%
1950 12.61 −0.18 −1.42%
1949 12.79 +0.26 +2.07%
1948 12.53 +0.32 +2.59%
1947 12.21 +0.32 +2.66%
1946 11.9 +0.39 +3.4%
1945 11.51 +0.5 +4.57%
1944 11 +0.42 +3.97%
1943 10.58 +0.47 +4.68%
1942 10.11 +0.46 +4.8%
1941 9.65 +0.5 +5.47%
1940 9.15 +0.62 +7.26%
1939 8.53 +0.12 +1.46%
1938 8.41 +0.12 +1.4%
1937 8.29 +0.09 +1.09%
1936 8.2 +0.13 +1.57%
1935 8.07 +0.17 +2.13%
1934 7.91 +0.11 +1.46%
1933 7.79 +0.17 +2.19%
1932 7.62 +0.17 +2.31%
1931 7.45 +0.22 +3.03%
1930 7.23 +0.29 +4.12%
1929 6.95 +0.15 +2.21%
1928 6.8 +0.16 +2.38%
1927 6.64 +0.19 +2.99%
1926 6.45 +0.21 +3.37%
1925 6.24 +0.2 +3.31%
1924 6.04 +0.21 +3.64%
1923 5.82 +0.21 +3.8%
1922 5.61 +0.27 +5.11%
1921 5.34 +0.28 +5.58%
1920 5.06 +0.33 +7.01%
1919 4.73 +0.1 +2.16%
1918 4.63 +0.12 +2.75%
1917 4.5 +0.12 +2.67%
1916 4.38 +0.12 +2.81%
1915 4.26 +0.06 +1.35%
1914 4.21 +0.12 +2.81%
1913 4.09 +0.11 +2.87%
1912 3.98 +0.1 +2.45%
1911 3.88 +0.1 +2.51%
1910 3.79 +0.05 +1.42%
1909 3.74 +0.08 +2.3%
1908 3.65 +0.07 +1.93%
1907 3.58 +0.09 +2.61%
1906 3.49 +0.09 +2.53%
1905 3.41 +0.08 +2.47%
1904 3.32 +0.08 +2.37%
1903 3.25 +0.09 +2.79%
1902 3.16 +0.16 +5.27%
1901 3 +0.32 +11.94%
1900 2.68 +0.35 +15.02%
1899 2.33 +0.02 +0.65%
1898 2.32 +0.01 +0.52%
1897 2.3 +0.02 +0.79%
1896 2.29 +0.02 +0.71%
1895 2.27 +0.02 +0.67%
1894 2.25 +0.01 +0.62%
1893 2.24 +0.02 +0.81%
1892 2.22 +0.03 +1.46%
1891 2.19 +0.04 +2.05%
1890 2.15 +0.08 +3.82%
1889 2.07 +0.01 +0.29%
1888 2.06 +0.01 +0.34%
1887 2.05 +0.01 +0.34%
1886 2.05 +0.01 +0.34%
1885 2.04 +0.01 +0.44%
1884 2.03 +0.01 +0.45%
1883 2.02 +0.01 +0.55%
1882 2.01 +0.01 +0.7%
1881 2 +0.02 +0.91%
1880 1.98 +0.02 +1.23%
1879 1.96 +0.02 +0.93%
1878 1.94 +0.02 +1.1%
1877 1.92 +0.02 +1.27%
1876 1.89 +0.03 +1.45%
1875 1.87 +0.03 +1.58%
1874 1.84 +0.03 +1.77%
1873 1.8 +0.04 +2.04%
1872 1.77 +0.05 +2.79%
1871 1.72 +0.06 +3.68%
1870 1.66 +0.07 +4.21%
1869 1.59 +0.01 +0.38%
1868 1.59 +0.01 +0.38%
1867 1.58 +0.01 +0.32%
1866 1.58 +0 +0.32%
1865 1.57 +0.01 +0.32%
1864 1.57 +0.01 +0.64%
1863 1.56 +0.01 +0.52%
1862 1.55 +0.01 +0.59%
1861 1.54 +0.01 +0.39%
1860 1.53 +0 +0.26%
1859 1.53 +0.02 +1.26%
1858 1.51 +0.02 +1.48%
1857 1.49 +0.03 +1.78%
1856 1.46 +0.03 +2.1%
1855 1.43 +0.04 +2.65%
1854 1.39 +0.04 +2.95%
1853 1.35 +0.05 +3.75%
1852 1.31 +0.08 +6.53%
1851 1.23 +0.11 +9.96%
1850 1.11

About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

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