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Greenhouse gas emissions — Kenya

Greenhouse gas emissions in Kenya in 2024 — 99.48 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 142 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,589.3%.

2024 99.48 Mt CO₂e −1.04% vs 2023
World rank 142of 199
Period maximum 104.68 Mt CO₂e2020
Period minimum 2.78 Mt CO₂e1909

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Kenya, 1850–2024050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 5.89 Mt CO₂e1853: 6.46 Mt CO₂e1856: 6.92 Mt CO₂e1859: 6.3 Mt CO₂e1862: 6.49 Mt CO₂e1865: 6.45 Mt CO₂e1868: 6.57 Mt CO₂e1871: 7.04 Mt CO₂e1874: 7.51 Mt CO₂e1877: 7.65 Mt CO₂e1880: 7.92 Mt CO₂e1883: 7.95 Mt CO₂e1886: 7.91 Mt CO₂e1889: 8.54 Mt CO₂e1892: 5.47 Mt CO₂e1895: 4.64 Mt CO₂e1898: 4.09 Mt CO₂e1901: 3.59 Mt CO₂e1904: 3.21 Mt CO₂e1907: 2.88 Mt CO₂e1910: 2.83 Mt CO₂e1913: 3.68 Mt CO₂e1916: 4.2 Mt CO₂e1919: 4.59 Mt CO₂e1922: 10.37 Mt CO₂e1925: 12.55 Mt CO₂e1928: 14.33 Mt CO₂e1931: 15.53 Mt CO₂e1934: 16.54 Mt CO₂e1937: 17.64 Mt CO₂e1940: 19.96 Mt CO₂e1943: 23.2 Mt CO₂e1946: 27.41 Mt CO₂e1949: 30.3 Mt CO₂e1952: 36.61 Mt CO₂e1955: 41.15 Mt CO₂e1958: 44.63 Mt CO₂e1961: 50.12 Mt CO₂e1964: 37.18 Mt CO₂e1967: 34.42 Mt CO₂e1970: 33.38 Mt CO₂e1973: 34.5 Mt CO₂e1976: 43.5 Mt CO₂e1979: 43.8 Mt CO₂e1982: 50.04 Mt CO₂e1985: 73.93 Mt CO₂e1988: 89 Mt CO₂e1991: 67.3 Mt CO₂e1994: 58.71 Mt CO₂e1997: 51.76 Mt CO₂e2000: 56.73 Mt CO₂e2003: 58.26 Mt CO₂e2006: 66.96 Mt CO₂e2009: 88.69 Mt CO₂e2012: 94.58 Mt CO₂e2015: 91.19 Mt CO₂e2018: 95.1 Mt CO₂e2021: 95.75 Mt CO₂e2024: 99.48 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +93.59 (+1,589.27%) Average annual rate: 1.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 99.48 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
Eastern Africa computed 1,019.23 Mt CO₂e
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 99.48 −1.04 −1.04%
2023 100.52 +3.7 +3.82%
2022 96.83 +1.08 +1.13%
2021 95.75 −8.94 −8.54%
2020 104.68 +7.17 +7.35%
2019 97.52 +2.41 +2.54%
2018 95.1 −2.11 −2.17%
2017 97.21 +9.36 +10.65%
2016 87.85 −3.34 −3.66%
2015 91.19 +5.43 +6.34%
2014 85.75 −1.61 −1.84%
2013 87.36 −7.22 −7.63%
2012 94.58 −7.59 −7.43%
2011 102.17 +1.26 +1.25%
2010 100.9 +12.21 +13.77%
2009 88.69 +0.62 +0.7%
2008 88.08 +3.99 +4.75%
2007 84.09 +17.13 +25.57%
2006 66.96 +4.89 +7.89%
2005 62.07 +2.28 +3.82%
2004 59.79 +1.52 +2.61%
2003 58.26 +1.98 +3.52%
2002 56.28 +1.67 +3.06%
2001 54.61 −2.11 −3.72%
2000 56.73 −2.05 −3.48%
1999 58.77 −4.2 −6.66%
1998 62.97 +11.21 +21.65%
1997 51.76 −0.84 −1.6%
1996 52.6 +0.46 +0.88%
1995 52.14 −6.57 −11.19%
1994 58.71 −9.06 −13.37%
1993 67.77 +5.08 +8.1%
1992 62.69 −4.61 −6.85%
1991 67.3 −3.99 −5.6%
1990 71.29 −6.4 −8.24%
1989 77.69 −11.31 −12.71%
1988 89 +14.21 +19%
1987 74.79 +5.15 +7.4%
1986 69.64 −4.29 −5.81%
1985 73.93 −13.09 −15.05%
1984 87.03 +36.02 +70.62%
1983 51.01 +0.97 +1.93%
1982 50.04 +0.92 +1.88%
1981 49.12 +3.83 +8.46%
1980 45.29 +1.48 +3.39%
1979 43.8 +1.78 +4.23%
1978 42.03 +1.51 +3.72%
1977 40.52 −2.98 −6.86%
1976 43.5 −5.29 −10.84%
1975 48.79 −7.76 −13.72%
1974 56.54 +22.04 +63.88%
1973 34.5 +0.13 +0.38%
1972 34.37 +0.38 +1.12%
1971 33.99 +0.61 +1.83%
1970 33.38 +0.34 +1.03%
1969 33.04 −0.69 −2.05%
1968 33.73 −0.69 −2.01%
1967 34.42 −0.72 −2.06%
1966 35.14 −0.34 −0.96%
1965 35.48 −1.69 −4.56%
1964 37.18 −1.19 −3.09%
1963 38.36 −5.11 −11.76%
1962 43.48 −6.64 −13.25%
1961 50.12 −10.93 −17.91%
1960 61.05 +14.44 +30.97%
1959 46.62 +1.99 +4.46%
1958 44.63 +0.37 +0.83%
1957 44.26 +1.7 +3.98%
1956 42.56 +1.41 +3.43%
1955 41.15 +2.12 +5.42%
1954 39.04 +0.3 +0.78%
1953 38.73 +2.12 +5.8%
1952 36.61 +1.29 +3.66%
1951 35.32 +2.05 +6.15%
1950 33.27 +2.97 +9.8%
1949 30.3 +0.71 +2.41%
1948 29.59 +0.69 +2.38%
1947 28.9 +1.49 +5.43%
1946 27.41 +1.74 +6.79%
1945 25.67 +1.12 +4.56%
1944 24.55 +1.35 +5.83%
1943 23.2 +1.02 +4.58%
1942 22.18 +1.05 +4.98%
1941 21.13 +1.17 +5.86%
1940 19.96 +1.81 +9.95%
1939 18.15 +0.29 +1.65%
1938 17.86 +0.22 +1.22%
1937 17.64 +0.35 +2.01%
1936 17.3 +0.43 +2.55%
1935 16.87 +0.33 +2%
1934 16.54 +0.33 +2.02%
1933 16.21 +0.29 +1.81%
1932 15.92 +0.39 +2.48%
1931 15.53 +0.24 +1.6%
1930 15.29 +0.39 +2.64%
1929 14.9 +0.57 +3.98%
1928 14.33 +0.53 +3.83%
1927 13.8 +0.54 +4.1%
1926 13.25 +0.71 +5.65%
1925 12.55 +0.7 +5.9%
1924 11.85 +0.61 +5.47%
1923 11.23 +0.86 +8.27%
1922 10.37 +1.25 +13.7%
1921 9.12 +1.62 +21.59%
1920 7.5 +2.91 +63.41%
1919 4.59 +0.13 +2.8%
1918 4.47 +0.09 +2.15%
1917 4.37 +0.17 +4.02%
1916 4.2 +0.16 +4.03%
1915 4.04 +0.17 +4.39%
1914 3.87 +0.2 +5.33%
1913 3.68 +0.26 +7.49%
1912 3.42 +0.33 +10.5%
1911 3.09 +0.26 +9.17%
1910 2.83 +0.06 +2.02%
1909 2.78 −0.03 −1.21%
1908 2.81 −0.06 −2.19%
1907 2.88 −0.16 −5.3%
1906 3.04 −0.05 −1.65%
1905 3.09 −0.12 −3.86%
1904 3.21 −0.14 −4.18%
1903 3.35 −0.13 −3.82%
1902 3.48 −0.1 −2.82%
1901 3.59 −0.17 −4.48%
1900 3.75 −0.18 −4.67%
1899 3.94 −0.15 −3.76%
1898 4.09 −0.18 −4.1%
1897 4.27 −0.18 −3.98%
1896 4.44 −0.2 −4.33%
1895 4.64 −0.23 −4.74%
1894 4.88 −0.27 −5.28%
1893 5.15 −0.33 −5.97%
1892 5.47 −0.52 −8.75%
1891 6 −0.82 −12%
1890 6.82 −1.72 −20.14%
1889 8.54 −0.09 −0.99%
1888 8.62 +0.54 +6.7%
1887 8.08 +0.17 +2.15%
1886 7.91 +0.06 +0.78%
1885 7.85 −0.01 −0.09%
1884 7.86 −0.09 −1.16%
1883 7.95 −0.41 −4.89%
1882 8.36 −0.02 −0.21%
1881 8.38 +0.46 +5.74%
1880 7.92 +0.2 +2.62%
1879 7.72 −0.13 −1.62%
1878 7.85 +0.19 +2.52%
1877 7.65 +0.37 +5.07%
1876 7.28 +0.01 +0.07%
1875 7.28 −0.23 −3.06%
1874 7.51 −0.01 −0.09%
1873 7.52 +0.42 +5.86%
1872 7.1 +0.06 +0.84%
1871 7.04 +0.07 +1.02%
1870 6.97 +0.01 +0.1%
1869 6.96 +0.39 +5.92%
1868 6.57 −0.01 −0.12%
1867 6.58 −0.16 −2.42%
1866 6.74 +0.3 +4.57%
1865 6.45 −0.08 −1.24%
1864 6.53 −0.01 −0.17%
1863 6.54 +0.05 +0.83%
1862 6.49 −0.05 −0.7%
1861 6.53 −0.11 −1.61%
1860 6.64 +0.34 +5.43%
1859 6.3 −0.17 −2.58%
1858 6.47 −0 −0.08%
1857 6.47 −0.45 −6.48%
1856 6.92 +0.44 +6.74%
1855 6.48 +0.38 +6.14%
1854 6.11 −0.36 −5.52%
1853 6.46 +0.6 +10.31%
1852 5.86 +0.04 +0.77%
1851 5.81 −0.08 −1.27%
1850 5.89 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 0.76 KM Comoros 1.03 DJ Djibouti 2.11 MU Mauritius 5.44 BI Burundi 9.7 RW Rwanda 9.72 ER Eritrea 10.42 MW Malawi 25 ZW Zimbabwe 31.07 SO Somalia 47.85 SS South Sudan 58.85 MZ Mozambique 60.43 MG Madagascar 61.49 UG Uganda 63.94 ZM Zambia 99.03 KE Kenya 99.48 TZ Tanzania 185.77 ET Ethiopia 247.14
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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.

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