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Greenhouse gas emissions — Sub-Saharan Africa

Greenhouse gas emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,014.1%.

2024 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e +0.49% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 4,296.98 Mt CO₂e2011
Period minimum 178.76 Mt CO₂e1899

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1850–202402,0004,0006,000185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 352.04 Mt CO₂e1853: 431.06 Mt CO₂e1856: 454.47 Mt CO₂e1859: 474.48 Mt CO₂e1862: 294.7 Mt CO₂e1865: 274.24 Mt CO₂e1868: 266.52 Mt CO₂e1871: 284.53 Mt CO₂e1874: 297.27 Mt CO₂e1877: 314.92 Mt CO₂e1880: 308.45 Mt CO₂e1883: 299.78 Mt CO₂e1886: 303.27 Mt CO₂e1889: 299.67 Mt CO₂e1892: 217.4 Mt CO₂e1895: 198.27 Mt CO₂e1898: 183.41 Mt CO₂e1901: 184.91 Mt CO₂e1904: 190.9 Mt CO₂e1907: 189.36 Mt CO₂e1910: 196.52 Mt CO₂e1913: 212.02 Mt CO₂e1916: 237.81 Mt CO₂e1919: 249.84 Mt CO₂e1922: 537.17 Mt CO₂e1925: 648.02 Mt CO₂e1928: 719.82 Mt CO₂e1931: 772.05 Mt CO₂e1934: 816.11 Mt CO₂e1937: 872.97 Mt CO₂e1940: 1,024.51 Mt CO₂e1943: 1,239.98 Mt CO₂e1946: 1,389.83 Mt CO₂e1949: 1,501.72 Mt CO₂e1952: 1,726.56 Mt CO₂e1955: 1,886.96 Mt CO₂e1958: 2,074.34 Mt CO₂e1961: 1,886.89 Mt CO₂e1964: 1,629.15 Mt CO₂e1967: 1,645.89 Mt CO₂e1970: 1,763.58 Mt CO₂e1973: 1,753.74 Mt CO₂e1976: 1,808.6 Mt CO₂e1979: 1,886.7 Mt CO₂e1982: 1,911.73 Mt CO₂e1985: 2,072.64 Mt CO₂e1988: 2,012.07 Mt CO₂e1991: 2,243.63 Mt CO₂e1994: 2,755.8 Mt CO₂e1997: 2,873.05 Mt CO₂e2000: 2,998.86 Mt CO₂e2003: 3,230.88 Mt CO₂e2006: 3,248.36 Mt CO₂e2009: 3,816.71 Mt CO₂e2012: 4,153.75 Mt CO₂e2015: 3,799.38 Mt CO₂e2018: 3,810.39 Mt CO₂e2021: 3,849.96 Mt CO₂e2024: 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +3,570.05 (+1,014.1%) Average annual rate: 1.4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sub-Saharan Africa 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 3,922.09 +18.98 +0.49%
2023 3,903.12 −18.53 −0.47%
2022 3,921.64 +71.69 +1.86%
2021 3,849.96 +49.3 +1.3%
2020 3,800.66 +18.09 +0.48%
2019 3,782.57 −27.82 −0.73%
2018 3,810.39 −235.93 −5.83%
2017 4,046.32 +155.38 +3.99%
2016 3,890.94 +91.56 +2.41%
2015 3,799.38 −296.44 −7.24%
2014 4,095.82 −41.31 −1%
2013 4,137.13 −16.63 −0.4%
2012 4,153.75 −143.23 −3.33%
2011 4,296.98 +240.98 +5.94%
2010 4,056 +239.29 +6.27%
2009 3,816.71 +165.9 +4.54%
2008 3,650.81 +336.72 +10.16%
2007 3,314.09 +65.73 +2.02%
2006 3,248.36 +34.47 +1.07%
2005 3,213.88 −40.93 −1.26%
2004 3,254.81 +23.93 +0.74%
2003 3,230.88 +183.54 +6.02%
2002 3,047.34 +120.24 +4.11%
2001 2,927.11 −71.75 −2.39%
2000 2,998.86 +51.32 +1.74%
1999 2,947.54 −60.94 −2.03%
1998 3,008.48 +135.43 +4.71%
1997 2,873.05 +47.22 +1.67%
1996 2,825.83 +33.07 +1.18%
1995 2,792.76 +36.95 +1.34%
1994 2,755.8 +308.76 +12.62%
1993 2,447.05 +75.07 +3.16%
1992 2,371.98 +128.34 +5.72%
1991 2,243.63 +54.58 +2.49%
1990 2,189.06 +60.79 +2.86%
1989 2,128.27 +116.2 +5.78%
1988 2,012.07 −8.2 −0.41%
1987 2,020.27 +31.62 +1.59%
1986 1,988.64 −83.99 −4.05%
1985 2,072.64 −12.7 −0.61%
1984 2,085.34 +135.45 +6.95%
1983 1,949.89 +38.16 +2%
1982 1,911.73 +52.18 +2.81%
1981 1,859.55 −32.8 −1.73%
1980 1,892.34 +5.65 +0.3%
1979 1,886.7 +65.65 +3.6%
1978 1,821.05 −72.49 −3.83%
1977 1,893.54 +84.94 +4.7%
1976 1,808.6 +26.54 +1.49%
1975 1,782.06 −32.7 −1.8%
1974 1,814.76 +61.03 +3.48%
1973 1,753.74 +43.89 +2.57%
1972 1,709.84 +30.61 +1.82%
1971 1,679.24 −84.34 −4.78%
1970 1,763.58 +134.49 +8.26%
1969 1,629.08 +31.19 +1.95%
1968 1,597.9 −47.99 −2.92%
1967 1,645.89 +58.2 +3.67%
1966 1,587.68 −9.57 −0.6%
1965 1,597.25 −31.9 −1.96%
1964 1,629.15 −30.64 −1.85%
1963 1,659.79 −99.92 −5.68%
1962 1,759.71 −127.18 −6.74%
1961 1,886.89 −280.48 −12.94%
1960 2,167.37 +38.22 +1.8%
1959 2,129.14 +54.81 +2.64%
1958 2,074.34 +70.37 +3.51%
1957 2,003.97 +66.88 +3.45%
1956 1,937.09 +50.13 +2.66%
1955 1,886.96 +72.1 +3.97%
1954 1,814.87 +53.49 +3.04%
1953 1,761.37 +34.81 +2.02%
1952 1,726.56 +26.91 +1.58%
1951 1,699.65 +47.02 +2.85%
1950 1,652.63 +150.92 +10.05%
1949 1,501.72 +30.29 +2.06%
1948 1,471.43 +29.04 +2.01%
1947 1,442.38 +52.55 +3.78%
1946 1,389.83 +55.76 +4.18%
1945 1,334.07 +46.17 +3.59%
1944 1,287.9 +47.92 +3.86%
1943 1,239.98 +65.64 +5.59%
1942 1,174.33 +63.47 +5.71%
1941 1,110.86 +86.35 +8.43%
1940 1,024.51 +125.67 +13.98%
1939 898.84 +11.95 +1.35%
1938 886.89 +13.92 +1.59%
1937 872.97 +19.39 +2.27%
1936 853.58 +18.95 +2.27%
1935 834.63 +18.52 +2.27%
1934 816.11 +12.98 +1.62%
1933 803.13 +19.81 +2.53%
1932 783.32 +11.27 +1.46%
1931 772.05 +13.28 +1.75%
1930 758.77 +14.97 +2.01%
1929 743.8 +23.97 +3.33%
1928 719.82 +23.7 +3.4%
1927 696.13 +20.43 +3.02%
1926 675.7 +27.68 +4.27%
1925 648.02 +37.94 +6.22%
1924 610.08 +24.73 +4.23%
1923 585.34 +48.17 +8.97%
1922 537.17 +47.28 +9.65%
1921 489.9 +84.9 +20.96%
1920 405 +155.16 +62.11%
1919 249.84 +2.27 +0.92%
1918 247.57 +4.71 +1.94%
1917 242.86 +5.06 +2.13%
1916 237.81 +18.27 +8.32%
1915 219.54 +2.1 +0.97%
1914 217.43 +5.42 +2.55%
1913 212.02 +0.85 +0.4%
1912 211.16 +13.61 +6.89%
1911 197.55 +1.04 +0.53%
1910 196.52 +6.66 +3.51%
1909 189.86 +1.82 +0.97%
1908 188.04 −1.32 −0.7%
1907 189.36 −1.09 −0.57%
1906 190.44 +2.46 +1.31%
1905 187.98 −2.92 −1.53%
1904 190.9 +6.45 +3.5%
1903 184.44 −1.89 −1.01%
1902 186.33 +1.42 +0.77%
1901 184.91 +1.79 +0.98%
1900 183.12 +4.36 +2.44%
1899 178.76 −4.65 −2.53%
1898 183.41 −2.83 −1.52%
1897 186.24 −2.6 −1.38%
1896 188.84 −9.43 −4.76%
1895 198.27 −4.34 −2.14%
1894 202.61 −7.57 −3.6%
1893 210.17 −7.22 −3.32%
1892 217.4 −14.5 −6.25%
1891 231.9 −23.53 −9.21%
1890 255.43 −44.24 −14.76%
1889 299.67 −4.7 −1.54%
1888 304.37 +8.43 +2.85%
1887 295.94 −7.33 −2.42%
1886 303.27 +3.92 +1.31%
1885 299.35 −0.9 −0.3%
1884 300.24 +0.47 +0.16%
1883 299.78 −0.61 −0.2%
1882 300.39 −1.66 −0.55%
1881 302.05 −6.4 −2.08%
1880 308.45 −4 −1.28%
1879 312.45 +1.92 +0.62%
1878 310.53 −4.39 −1.39%
1877 314.92 +6.55 +2.12%
1876 308.37 +8.16 +2.72%
1875 300.22 +2.94 +0.99%
1874 297.27 −2.58 −0.86%
1873 299.85 +9.84 +3.39%
1872 290.01 +5.48 +1.93%
1871 284.53 +7.07 +2.55%
1870 277.46 +12.49 +4.71%
1869 264.98 −1.54 −0.58%
1868 266.52 −3.88 −1.43%
1867 270.39 −1.58 −0.58%
1866 271.97 −2.27 −0.83%
1865 274.24 −4.54 −1.63%
1864 278.78 −4.92 −1.73%
1863 283.7 −11 −3.73%
1862 294.7 −22.4 −7.06%
1861 317.09 −37.43 −10.56%
1860 354.52 −119.96 −25.28%
1859 474.48 +4.67 +0.99%
1858 469.81 +4.29 +0.92%
1857 465.52 +11.05 +2.43%
1856 454.47 +3.81 +0.85%
1855 450.66 +14.22 +3.26%
1854 436.44 +5.37 +1.25%
1853 431.06 +14.63 +3.51%
1852 416.44 +24.1 +6.14%
1851 392.34 +40.3 +11.45%
1850 352.04 — —

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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