Fossil carbon dioxide emissions of African countries

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in megatonnes of CO2 equivalent (Mt CO2eq) per year of 54 African countries, as well as the world's total emissions. Fossil CO2 emissions are from sources such as fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes like cement, metal and chemical production. They exclude emissions from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF).

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54 rows, 56 columns.

drc Number: 1.57 – 5.39
chad Number: 0.1 – 2.57
mali Number: 0.24 – 6.85
togo Number: 0.34 – 2.71
unit Category: Mt CO2eq
year Year: 1970 – 2023
benin Number: 0.31 – 8.57
congo Number: 1.39 – 12.88
egypt Number: 25.16 – 262.08
gabon Number: 0.6 – 7.84
ghana Number: 1.73 – 25.01
kenya Number: 3.75 – 21.73
libya Number: 12.99 – 63.67
niger Number: 0.21 – 2.91
sudan Number: 3.21 – 23.94
world Number: 15683.39 – 39023.94
angola Number: 7.29 – 33.1
gambia Number: 0.08 – 0.62
guinea Number: 0.46 – 3.81
malawi Number: 0.34 – 6.45
rwanda Number: 0.07 – 1.68
uganda Number: 0.52 – 7.58
zambia Number: 1.93 – 8.06
algeria Number: 19.69 – 186.64
burundi Number: 0.06 – 0.89
comoros Number: 0.02 – 0.34
eritrea Number: 0.25 – 0.92
lesotho Number: 0.07 – 0.88
liberia Number: 0.23 – 1.68
morocco Number: 6.93 – 73.13
namibia Number: 0.73 – 4.36
nigeria Number: 28.81 – 130.98
senegal Number: 1.35 – 12.36
somalia Number: 0.38 – 1.04
tunisia Number: 4.26 – 31.5
botswana Number: 0.15 – 8.21
cameroon Number: 0.87 – 10.83
djibouti Number: 0.44 – 1.23
eswatini Number: 0.22 – 1.46
ethiopia Number: 1.06 – 18.83
tanzania Number: 1.57 – 19.37
zimbabwe Number: 7.94 – 19.2
mauritius Number: 0.31 – 4.22
cabo_verde Number: 0.03 – 1.04
madagascar Number: 0.67 – 4.1
mauritania Number: 0.33 – 4.78
mozambique Number: 0.97 – 10.03
seychelles Number: 0.1 – 1.24
cotedivoire Number: 2.62 – 14.76
burkina_faso Number: 0.23 – 6.14
sierra_leone Number: 0.36 – 1.21
south_africa Number: 184.47 – 487.91
guinea_bissau Number: 0.04 – 0.38
equatorial_guinea Number: 0.03 – 7.14
sao_tome_and_principe Number: 0.01 – 0.21
central_african_republic Number: 0.08 – 0.37

Latest rows

drc	chad	mali	togo	unit	year	benin	congo	egypt	gabon	ghana	kenya	libya	niger	sudan	world	angola	gambia	guinea	malawi	rwanda	uganda	zambia	algeria	burundi	comoros	eritrea	lesotho	liberia	morocco	namibia	nigeria	senegal	somalia	tunisia	botswana	cameroon	djibouti	eswatini	ethiopia	tanzania	zimbabwe	mauritius	cabo_verde	madagascar	mauritania	mozambique	seychelles	cotedivoire	burkina_faso	sierra_leone	south_africa	guinea_bissau	equatorial_guinea	sao_tome_and_principe	central_african_republic
3.80	2.57	6.66	2.49	Mt CO2eq	2023	6.44	7.25	249.33	4.93	24.16	21.73	61.26	2.82	21.27	39023.94	28.23	0.61	3.72	6.45	1.65	7.22	8.06	180.36	0.84	0.32	0.67	0.88	1.64	69.86	4.36	127.94	12.02	0.87	31.50	7.42	10.76	0.75	1.39	16.71	19.37	11.74	4.21	1.01	4.10	4.65	9.74	1.24	14.41	6.00	1.07	397.37	0.35	3.78	0.21	0.37
3.89	2.51	6.85	2.53	Mt CO2eq	2022	6.62	7.72	247.16	5.40	24.79	21.39	57.05	2.91	21.40	38246.62	27.35	0.62	3.81	5.95	1.62	7.22	7.81	186.64	0.84	0.32	0.67	0.85	1.68	70.30	4.25	130.11	12.36	0.87	30.46	7.28	10.83	0.75	1.35	16.54	18.98	10.96	4.05	1.04	3.99	4.78	10.03	1.20	14.76	6.14	1.10	409.41	0.36	4.16	0.20	0.35
3.51	2.19	6.60	2.46	Mt CO2eq	2021	6.46	7.02	249.74	5.14	25.01	21.49	56.00	2.86	23.01	38121.01	25.26	0.60	3.67	6.23	1.68	7.58	7.76	179.74	0.89	0.34	0.71	0.79	1.62	73.13	3.95	130.98	12.22	0.93	31.01	6.60	10.23	0.79	1.25	17.28	19.30	10.62	3.99	0.99	4.08	4.59	9.29	1.14	14.51	5.93	1.06	428.53	0.34	4.36	0.18	0.31
3.46	2.14	6.48	2.22	Mt CO2eq	2020	8.57	7.37	226.19	5.31	22.15	19.21	45.82	2.41	21.35	36154.31	20.71	0.59	3.60	5.25	1.45	6.79	7.48	171.89	0.88	0.33	0.67	0.78	1.55	67.57	3.88	122.13	10.81	0.91	28.71	6.09	10.38	0.73	1.16	16.88	16.80	9.07	3.75	0.98	3.11	4.51	7.98	1.13	13.08	5.52	1.04	418.77	0.34	4.47	0.18	0.30
3.35	2.36	6.25	1.98	Mt CO2eq	2019	8.03	7.20	237.06	5.44	20.20	19.41	57.82	2.37	23.48	38066.43	27.57	0.56	3.45	5.59	1.51	6.79	7.03	181.65	0.79	0.32	0.67	0.74	1.45	71.85	4.24	129.76	11.03	0.87	30.24	7.34	10.24	0.71	1.17	18.83	17.00	11.17	4.21	0.93	4.00	4.32	8.63	1.07	13.19	5.52	1.00	478.59	0.32	4.56	0.17	0.29
3.10	2.26	5.43	1.99	Mt CO2eq	2018	8.25	6.39	256.57	5.26	19.13	19.11	57.40	2.10	23.88	37974.55	26.26	0.52	3.25	5.52	1.46	6.60	8.06	174.84	0.72	0.28	0.66	0.69	1.38	65.18	4.21	124.90	10.74	0.83	30.18	8.21	10.51	0.72	1.11	17.47	14.94	12.27	4.18	0.88	3.38	3.93	8.05	1.00	12.34	4.97	1.02	473.70	0.30	4.68	0.14	0.27
3.13	2.16	5.07	1.82	Mt CO2eq	2017	7.24	5.53	262.08	5.63	16.96	19.94	55.52	1.98	23.67	37047.47	27.94	0.51	3.21	5.38	1.31	6.00	7.08	166.55	0.54	0.26	0.59	0.70	1.21	63.85	4.19	119.02	10.20	0.82	30.29	7.44	9.85	0.66	1.11	15.87	14.20	10.59	4.22	0.87	3.55	3.74	8.31	1.13	12.33	4.46	1.03	469.81	0.30	4.89	0.15	0.26
2.69	1.66	4.54	2.09	Mt CO2eq	2016	7.15	5.59	250.10	6.50	16.19	19.23	51.33	2.17	23.94	36423.66	31.29	0.51	3.20	4.89	1.21	5.77	5.80	160.99	0.48	0.20	0.60	0.65	1.37	61.00	4.26	120.69	10.30	0.83	29.86	6.75	9.70	0.74	1.12	16.03	14.14	11.27	4.08	0.82	3.25	2.60	8.33	1.09	11.40	3.90	1.05	460.50	0.38	5.39	0.15	0.25
3.49	1.60	3.50	1.54	Mt CO2eq	2015	5.81	5.75	239.39	6.44	15.79	17.74	54.69	2.17	21.56	36300.47	33.10	0.50	2.85	4.90	1.10	5.37	5.32	164.86	0.43	0.17	0.58	0.59	1.22	61.13	4.13	117.61	9.22	0.82	30.72	7.09	9.18	0.81	1.02	13.51	13.20	12.69	4.00	0.78	3.42	2.74	6.46	0.98	11.27	3.90	1.01	460.05	0.36	5.41	0.14	0.23
5.39	1.40	2.92	1.73	Mt CO2eq	2014	5.46	5.28	233.09	6.27	15.00	16.40	61.80	2.20	18.52	36427.77	30.89	0.48	2.38	4.97	0.96	4.63	5.01	155.01	0.41	0.16	0.60	0.60	1.19	59.45	3.94	123.31	8.38	0.78	30.20	7.14	8.86	0.89	0.98	12.40	11.26	12.60	3.99	0.78	3.13	2.69	5.79	0.93	10.46	2.76	1.21	484.05	0.34	5.72	0.13	0.16
4.19	1.32	2.77	1.90	Mt CO2eq	2013	4.97	5.44	228.74	6.08	15.56	14.34	62.61	2.04	17.62	36221.14	28.53	0.45	2.30	5.03	0.94	4.21	4.58	145.70	0.46	0.18	0.59	0.59	0.92	58.48	3.79	116.69	7.84	0.79	28.22	5.51	8.17	0.89	0.96	10.44	11.59	12.72	3.86	0.74	3.05	2.34	5.12	0.81	9.80	3.08	1.14	472.75	0.33	5.72	0.14	0.15
3.02	1.22	2.30	2.21	Mt CO2eq	2012	4.72	4.48	232.94	5.89	14.64	12.99	62.85	2.06	17.52	35521.71	24.72	0.45	2.54	5.69	0.85	4.15	4.35	140.26	0.40	0.15	0.63	0.58	0.99	58.53	3.55	102.80	7.36	0.79	28.24	3.51	7.51	0.81	0.81	8.99	10.60	12.74	3.74	0.76	2.85	2.56	4.70	0.90	9.02	2.61	0.99	460.89	0.32	5.60	0.13	0.22

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