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Burundi Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
8,421,724
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.87%
increase
Global Share
0.02%
Per Capita
0.63
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Burundi were 8,421,724 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2.87% over the previous year, representing an increase by 234,562 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 8,187,162 tons.
  • Per capita: 0.63 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Burundi accounts for 0.02% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 8,421,724 968,739 5,702,831 1,464,478 285,675 0.63 2.87% 0.016%
2023 8,187,162 949,548 5,545,881 1,424,615 267,118 0.63 6.19% 0.016%
2022 7,709,861 930,073 5,235,099 1,296,199 248,489 0.61 −2.47% 0.015%
2021 7,904,715 897,369 5,467,224 1,310,118 230,004 0.64 16.9% 0.015%
2020 6,761,679 925,848 4,456,375 1,168,435 211,022 0.57 0.06% 0.014%
2019 6,757,386 765,230 4,612,266 1,187,287 192,603 0.58 −3.7% 0.013%
2018 7,017,279 776,524 4,783,958 1,282,250 174,548 0.63 4.52% 0.014%
2017 6,713,539 546,345 4,752,991 1,260,129 154,074 0.62 11.41% 0.014%
2016 6,025,866 485,931 4,294,776 1,107,814 137,345 0.57 5.88% 0.012%
2015 5,691,153 434,978 4,095,297 1,040,493 120,385 0.56 −0.22% 0.012%
2014 5,703,843 405,523 4,132,541 1,056,840 108,939 0.58 −0.81% 0.012%
2013 5,750,498 452,242 4,136,490 1,061,823 99,943 0.6 24.17% 0.012%
2012 4,631,060 399,310 3,200,610 933,900 97,240 0.5 −0.06% 0.0098%
2011 4,633,921 415,442 3,210,205 912,912 95,362 0.51 6.21% 0.0099%
2010 4,363,100 319,886 3,078,833 869,673 94,708 0.5 8.81% 0.0096%
2009 4,009,709 222,406 2,878,150 813,883 95,269 0.47 6.32% 0.0093%
2008 3,771,340 220,741 2,690,570 767,867 92,161 0.46 −0.4% 0.0086%
2007 3,786,311 372,818 2,586,785 738,085 88,623 0.48 7.72% 0.0087%
2006 3,514,884 230,423 2,478,958 718,738 86,765 0.46 6.18% 0.0084%
2005 3,310,225 184,047 2,354,749 689,196 82,233 0.45 3.59% 0.0081%
2004 3,195,370 219,120 2,249,375 658,026 68,849 0.44 4.99% 0.0081%
2003 3,043,639 185,104 2,168,987 631,815 57,734 0.44 1.35% 0.0080%
2002 3,002,957 222,728 2,111,492 622,001 46,737 0.45 −1.03% 0.0082%
2001 3,034,129 235,826 2,120,356 640,829 37,118 0.46 −0.58% 0.0084%
2000 3,051,812 292,502 2,083,142 649,073 27,095 0.48 2.19% 0.0085%
1999 2,986,336 299,035 2,044,419 627,955 14,927 0.48 −12.84% 0.0086%
1998 3,426,354 286,739 2,501,869 627,510 10,236 0.55 −0.56% 0.0099%
1997 3,445,780 270,516 2,527,449 640,293 7,521 0.56 1.55% 0.0100%
1996 3,393,108 272,447 2,472,743 642,468 5,450 0.56 3.25% 0.0099%
1995 3,286,267 253,907 2,390,596 638,290 3,474 0.55 3.91% 0.0098%
1994 3,162,477 257,717 2,292,323 610,414 2,023 0.54 −0.79% 0.0097%
1993 3,187,550 248,800 2,286,289 651,601 860 0.55 1.71% 0.0098%
1992 3,134,019 223,712 2,262,770 647,004 533 0.55 −1.43% 0.0097%
1991 3,179,524 284,665 2,254,664 639,859 337 0.57 4.37% 0.0098%
1990 3,046,474 200,779 2,207,576 638,067 52 0.56 18.5% 0.0094%
1989 2,570,794 243,855 1,732,034 594,905 0 0.49 1.33% 0.0081%
1988 2,536,932 229,682 1,695,510 611,740 0 0.49 5.71% 0.0081%
1987 2,399,795 162,173 1,649,588 588,034 0 0.48 1.36% 0.0079%
1986 2,367,568 111,628 1,656,499 599,441 0 0.49 8.51% 0.0080%
1985 2,181,871 106,386 1,518,153 557,332 0 0.46 −2.07% 0.0075%
1984 2,227,944 106,416 1,547,594 573,933 0 0.49 3.67% 0.0077%
1983 2,148,987 89,805 1,500,145 559,036 0 0.48 1.94% 0.0077%
1982 2,108,091 73,731 1,475,024 559,336 0 0.49 2.16% 0.0076%
1981 2,063,616 88,373 1,438,757 536,486 0 0.49 −8.83% 0.0074%
1980 2,263,593 81,170 1,585,875 596,547 0 0.55 −9.62% 0.0080%
1979 2,504,591 82,254 1,758,054 664,283 0 0.62 3.13% 0.0087%
1978 2,428,500 72,276 1,706,143 650,080 0 0.62 1.35% 0.0087%
1977 2,396,062 71,070 1,678,454 646,538 0 0.63 0.47% 0.0088%
1976 2,384,795 68,758 1,667,722 648,315 0 0.64 0.57% 0.0090%
1975 2,371,219 66,495 1,659,773 644,951 0 0.65 3.62% 0.0093%
1974 2,288,317 64,228 1,603,679 620,410 0 0.63 0.96% 0.0090%
1973 2,266,455 60,049 1,584,505 621,902 0 0.63 2.43% 0.0089%
1972 2,212,698 58,245 1,549,082 605,370 0 0.62 4.59% 0.0091%
1971 2,115,587 58,436 1,473,990 583,161 0 0.6 −0.25% 0.0091%
1970 2,120,809 58,336 1,480,066 582,406 0 0.61 – 0.0091%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).