CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Malawi

CO2 emissions from land use in Malawi in 2024 — 9.26 Mt. Ranked 145 in the world out of 197. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 249.1%.

2024 9.26 Mt −0.91% vs 2023
World rank 145of 197
Period maximum 36.85 Mt1964
Period minimum -1.86 Mt1909

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Malawi, 1850–2024-10010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.65 Mt1853: 1.25 Mt1856: 0.78 Mt1859: 0.48 Mt1862: 0.23 Mt1865: 0.05 Mt1868: -0.07 Mt1871: -0.18 Mt1874: -0.06 Mt1877: 0.26 Mt1880: 0.39 Mt1883: 0.49 Mt1886: 0.22 Mt1889: 0.2 Mt1892: -0.23 Mt1895: -0.53 Mt1898: -0.73 Mt1901: -1.07 Mt1904: -1.42 Mt1907: -1.7 Mt1910: -1.82 Mt1913: -1.65 Mt1916: -1.6 Mt1919: -1.57 Mt1922: 1.08 Mt1925: 2.41 Mt1928: 3.28 Mt1931: 4.03 Mt1934: 4.48 Mt1937: 4.76 Mt1940: 5.57 Mt1943: 6.61 Mt1946: 7.15 Mt1949: 7.65 Mt1952: 13.31 Mt1955: 11.49 Mt1958: 12.85 Mt1961: 24.3 Mt1964: 36.85 Mt1967: 25.13 Mt1970: 25.81 Mt1973: 16.97 Mt1976: 9.33 Mt1979: 3.56 Mt1982: 5.96 Mt1985: 11.75 Mt1988: 8.7 Mt1991: 8.94 Mt1994: 14.3 Mt1997: 20.58 Mt2000: 20.84 Mt2003: 18.14 Mt2006: 19.76 Mt2009: 13.86 Mt2012: 11.2 Mt2015: 12.73 Mt2018: 11.8 Mt2021: 9.1 Mt2024: 9.26 Mt
Change over the period: +6.61 (+249.06%) Average annual rate: 0.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 9.26 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,830.12 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 500.81 Mt
Low-income countries computed 1,185.14 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 9.26 −0.09 −0.91%
2023 9.34 +0.03 +0.27%
2022 9.32 +0.22 +2.41%
2021 9.1 −2.55 −21.92%
2020 11.65 +0.13 +1.08%
2019 11.53 −0.27 −2.27%
2018 11.8 −0.46 −3.73%
2017 12.25 −0.05 −0.44%
2016 12.31 −0.42 −3.32%
2015 12.73 −0.64 −4.77%
2014 13.37 −0.18 −1.32%
2013 13.54 +2.35 +20.94%
2012 11.2 +0.78 +7.45%
2011 10.42 −1.56 −12.98%
2010 11.98 −1.88 −13.58%
2009 13.86 −7.23 −34.28%
2008 21.09 −1.6 −7.03%
2007 22.69 +2.93 +14.81%
2006 19.76 −5.01 −20.22%
2005 24.77 +0 +0%
2004 24.77 +6.62 +36.5%
2003 18.14 −2.92 −13.87%
2002 21.07 +4.6 +27.93%
2001 16.47 −4.37 −20.98%
2000 20.84 +0.16 +0.76%
1999 20.68 −2.19 −9.58%
1998 22.87 +2.3 +11.16%
1997 20.58 +5.26 +34.35%
1996 15.32 −1.29 −7.79%
1995 16.61 +2.31 +16.13%
1994 14.3 +14.52 +6,630.59%
1993 -0.22 −6.21 −103.66%
1992 5.99 −2.95 −33%
1991 8.94 −5.55 −38.28%
1990 14.49 +4.06 +38.92%
1989 10.43 +1.73 +19.9%
1988 8.7 +2.15 +32.83%
1987 6.55 −1.53 −18.95%
1986 8.08 −3.67 −31.22%
1985 11.75 +5.39 +84.79%
1984 6.36 −0.9 −12.4%
1983 7.26 +1.3 +21.78%
1982 5.96 −6.8 −53.3%
1981 12.76 +3.45 +37.08%
1980 9.31 +5.75 +161.34%
1979 3.56 −5.09 −58.82%
1978 8.65 −2.35 −21.37%
1977 11 +1.67 +17.86%
1976 9.33 −1.11 −10.6%
1975 10.44 −1.57 −13.08%
1974 12.01 −4.96 −29.21%
1973 16.97 −5.94 −25.94%
1972 22.91 −1.77 −7.16%
1971 24.68 −1.13 −4.39%
1970 25.81 +8.24 +46.92%
1969 17.57 −6.83 −27.98%
1968 24.4 −0.73 −2.91%
1967 25.13 +2.42 +10.64%
1966 22.71 −11.18 −32.99%
1965 33.89 −2.96 −8.02%
1964 36.85 +13.29 +56.43%
1963 23.56 −1.14 −4.61%
1962 24.7 +0.4 +1.64%
1961 24.3 +5.18 +27.1%
1960 19.12 +5.38 +39.17%
1959 13.74 +0.88 +6.87%
1958 12.85 +1.7 +15.26%
1957 11.15 −0.03 −0.28%
1956 11.18 −0.31 −2.69%
1955 11.49 +0.16 +1.38%
1954 11.34 −0.82 −6.73%
1953 12.15 −1.16 −8.72%
1952 13.31 −1.82 −12%
1951 15.13 −3.89 −20.45%
1950 19.02 +11.37 +148.68%
1949 7.65 +0.3 +4.03%
1948 7.35 +0.07 +1%
1947 7.28 +0.13 +1.75%
1946 7.15 +0.08 +1.15%
1945 7.07 +0.06 +0.84%
1944 7.01 +0.4 +6.06%
1943 6.61 +0.24 +3.8%
1942 6.37 +0.35 +5.81%
1941 6.02 +0.45 +8.02%
1940 5.57 +0.69 +14.17%
1939 4.88 +0.06 +1.22%
1938 4.82 +0.07 +1.39%
1937 4.76 +0.08 +1.71%
1936 4.68 +0.09 +1.96%
1935 4.59 +0.11 +2.41%
1934 4.48 +0.13 +2.87%
1933 4.35 +0.15 +3.62%
1932 4.2 +0.18 +4.4%
1931 4.03 +0.21 +5.62%
1930 3.81 +0.32 +9.01%
1929 3.5 +0.22 +6.59%
1928 3.28 +0.25 +8.32%
1927 3.03 +0.3 +10.79%
1926 2.73 +0.33 +13.5%
1925 2.41 +0.37 +18.33%
1924 2.04 +0.43 +27.03%
1923 1.6 +0.52 +48.2%
1922 1.08 +0.64 +142.92%
1921 0.45 +0.83 +214.99%
1920 -0.39 +1.19 +75.38%
1919 -1.57 +0.01 +0.51%
1918 -1.58 +0.01 +0.57%
1917 -1.59 +0.01 +0.69%
1916 -1.6 +0.01 +0.81%
1915 -1.61 +0.02 +0.98%
1914 -1.63 +0.02 +1.51%
1913 -1.65 +0.03 +1.84%
1912 -1.69 +0.05 +2.71%
1911 -1.73 +0.09 +4.94%
1910 -1.82 +0.04 +2.04%
1909 -1.86 −0.08 −4.2%
1908 -1.79 −0.08 −4.82%
1907 -1.7 −0.09 −5.45%
1906 -1.62 −0.09 −6.18%
1905 -1.52 −0.1 −7.11%
1904 -1.42 −0.11 −8.23%
1903 -1.31 −0.12 −9.97%
1902 -1.19 −0.13 −12.02%
1901 -1.07 −0.14 −15.01%
1900 -0.93 −0.14 −17.96%
1899 -0.79 −0.06 −7.53%
1898 -0.73 −0.06 −8.79%
1897 -0.67 −0.07 −10.91%
1896 -0.61 −0.07 −13.94%
1895 -0.53 −0.08 −18.26%
1894 -0.45 −0.1 −27.56%
1893 -0.35 −0.12 −50.43%
1892 -0.23 −0.13 −131.68%
1891 -0.1 −0.21 −197.12%
1890 0.1 −0.1 −48.26%
1889 0.2 −0 −0.5%
1888 0.2 −0 −0.49%
1887 0.2 −0.02 −6.88%
1886 0.22 −0.04 −14.84%
1885 0.26 −0.08 −23.58%
1884 0.34 −0.16 −32.19%
1883 0.49 −0.02 −3.14%
1882 0.51 +0.05 +10.63%
1881 0.46 +0.07 +18.21%
1880 0.39 +0.13 +48.29%
1879 0.26 −0.01 −2.23%
1878 0.27 +0.01 +5.49%
1877 0.26 +0.04 +19.72%
1876 0.21 +0.09 +74.59%
1875 0.12 +0.19 +293.65%
1874 -0.06 +0.18 +73.97%
1873 -0.24 −0.03 −13.62%
1872 -0.21 −0.03 −18.33%
1871 -0.18 −0.04 −25.87%
1870 -0.14 −0.05 −45.92%
1869 -0.1 −0.03 −48.48%
1868 -0.07 −0.04 −112.9%
1867 -0.03 −0.04 −410%
1866 0.01 −0.04 −81.48%
1865 0.05 −0.05 −48.57%
1864 0.11 −0.06 −35.19%
1863 0.16 −0.06 −28.32%
1862 0.23 −0.07 −24.41%
1861 0.3 −0.08 −21.73%
1860 0.38 −0.1 −19.92%
1859 0.48 −0.09 −16.02%
1858 0.57 −0.12 −16.96%
1857 0.68 −0.09 −11.86%
1856 0.78 −0.16 −16.92%
1855 0.93 −0.25 −21.31%
1854 1.19 −0.06 −4.89%
1853 1.25 −0.27 −17.73%
1852 1.52 −0.4 −20.74%
1851 1.91 −0.74 −27.83%
1850 2.65

About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from land-use change: deforestation, peatland drainage, conversion of land to agriculture — net of absorption by growing forests. This is the only series in the section where values can be negative: a country whose forest cover is expanding absorbs more than it releases. For several countries with active logging this item is comparable to all other emissions combined.

Important: Negative values mean absorption. The estimates here are the most uncertain in all of carbon statistics: they are built from satellite data on forest cover and from models of soil carbon stocks.

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