GHG Emissions by Country in Africa
| # | Country | GHG emissions (tons, 2024) | 1 Year Change | Per Capita | Share of World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 569,809,610 | 2.59% | 9.31 | 1.07% | |
| 2 | 386,598,228 | 4.56% | 3.52 | 0.73% | |
| 3 | 350,555,354 | 3.78% | 1.54 | 0.66% | |
| 4 | 252,699,997 | −2.41% | 5.52 | 0.47% | |
| 5 | 192,704,007 | 2.26% | 1.56 | 0.36% | |
| 6 |  Sudan  South Sudan | 138,701,952 | 0.25% | 2.18 | 0.26% |
| 7 | 108,736,424 | 0.35% | 2.81 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | 102,836,152 | 2.25% | 1.75 | 0.19% | |
| 9 | 102,525,007 | 3.06% | 1.45 | 0.19% | |
| 10 | 101,173,797 | 4.44% | 5.54 | 0.19% | |
| 11 | 98,170,876 | 0.22% | 14.1 | 0.18% | |
| 12 | 69,922,939 | 2.41% | 1.88 | 0.13% | |
| 13 | 58,491,691 | 2.26% | 0.58 | 0.11% | |
| 14 | 57,298,152 | 1.23% | 1.07 | 0.11% | |
| 15 | 48,093,949 | 2.72% | 1.44 | 0.090% | |
| 16 | 48,008,510 | 3% | 2.11 | 0.090% | |
| 17 | 44,621,001 | 2.34% | 3.62 | 0.084% | |
| 18 | 41,146,147 | 2.68% | 1.47 | 0.077% | |
| 19 | 40,621,856 | 0.65% | 1.42 | 0.076% | |
| 20 | 38,519,002 | 2.74% | 1.84 | 0.072% | |
| 21 | 38,026,697 | 3.53% | 1.32 | 0.071% | |
| 22 | 35,789,967 | 0.24% | 1.17 | 0.067% | |
| 23 | 34,917,746 | 0.94% | 1.5 | 0.066% | |
| 24 | 34,416,873 | 0.5% | 1.9 | 0.065% | |
| 25 | 33,625,590 | −2.02% | 0.93 | 0.063% | |
| 26 | 31,720,612 | 2.08% | 1.66 | 0.060% | |
| 27 | 30,784,272 | 2.19% | 1.6 | 0.058% | |
| 28 | 29,375,914 | 2.66% | 1.93 | 0.055% | |
| 29 | 24,623,026 | 0.85% | 3.91 | 0.046% | |
| 30 | 21,781,992 | 1.06% | 9.36 | 0.041% | |
| 31 | 19,023,565 | 3.65% | 0.84 | 0.036% | |
| 32 | 17,767,053 | 2.38% | 1.32 | 0.033% | |
| 33 | 17,508,621 | 1.9% | 3.31 | 0.033% | |
| 34 | 14,212,132 | 2.32% | 4.87 | 0.027% | |
| 35 | 13,444,290 | 5.22% | 2.5 | 0.025% | |
| 36 | 12,097,730 | −4.04% | 4.7 | 0.023% | |
| 37 | 10,844,265 | 2.84% | 1.18 | 0.020% | |
| 38 | 8,421,724 | 2.87% | 0.63 | 0.016% | |
| 39 | 8,349,881 | 0.04% | 0.59 | 0.016% | |
| 40 | 8,138,702 | 2.06% | 5.12 | 0.015% | |
| 41 | 7,928,483 | 1.72% | 0.91 | 0.015% | |
| 42 | 6,579,258 | 0.65% | 1.11 | 0.012% | |
| 43 | 6,471,596 | 2.35% | 5.05 | 0.012% | |
| 44 | 4,459,909 | 1.07% | 0.79 | 0.0084% | |
| 45 | 3,188,633 | 1.26% | 1.45 | 0.0060% | |
| 46 | 3,054,965 | −0.52% | 1.25 | 0.0057% | |
| 47 | 3,034,389 | 1.84% | 3.29 | 0.0057% | |
| 48 | 2,929,757 | 0.28% | 1.91 | 0.0055% | |
| 49 | 2,417,345 | 1.21% | 2.29 | 0.0045% | |
| 50 | 1,859,505 | 0.93% | 0.72 | 0.0035% | |
| 51 | 976,437 | 4.41% | 9.96 | 0.0018% | |
| 52 | 949,389 | 1.33% | 1 | 0.0018% | |
| 53 | 912,564 | 3.34% | 1.53 | 0.0017% | |
| 54 | 735,414 | 2.94% | 1.12 | 0.0014% | |
| 55 | 245,465 | 1.38% | 1.03 | 0.00046% | |
| 56 | 21,008 | 1.14% | 5.25 | 0.000039% |
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).