CO₂ emissions per capita: Africa
0.99329597 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 141 years from 1884 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.99329597 |
| 2023 | 1.0026354 |
| 2022 | 1.0103847 |
| 2021 | 1.0455389 |
| 2020 | 0.99347305 |
| 2019 | 1.082194 |
| 2018 | 1.059583 |
| 2017 | 1.0755817 |
| 2016 | 1.0947204 |
| 2015 | 1.0969372 |
| 2014 | 1.1463208 |
| 2013 | 1.1070269 |
| 2012 | 1.1212399 |
| 2011 | 1.151749 |
| 2010 | 1.1363413 |
| 2009 | 1.113119 |
| 2008 | 1.1475799 |
| 2007 | 1.1248711 |
| 2006 | 1.1240287 |
| 2005 | 1.1221477 |
| 2004 | 1.1378727 |
| 2003 | 1.1051923 |
| 2002 | 1.0288823 |
| 2001 | 1.0790793 |
| 2000 | 1.1192048 |
| 1999 | 1.1099867 |
| 1998 | 1.155504 |
| 1997 | 1.1607924 |
| 1996 | 1.1608697 |
| 1995 | 1.1516976 |
| 1994 | 1.105998 |
| 1993 | 1.0133466 |
| 1992 | 0.97995585 |
| 1991 | 1.0369513 |
| 1990 | 1.0206057 |
| 1989 | 1.1143421 |
| 1988 | 1.1901428 |
| 1987 | 1.164914 |
| 1986 | 1.1987499 |
| 1985 | 1.1912997 |
| 1984 | 1.195786 |
| 1983 | 1.1271186 |
| 1982 | 1.1159607 |
| 1981 | 1.1042064 |
| 1980 | 1.1109611 |
| 1979 | 1.0646842 |
| 1978 | 1.0160565 |
| 1977 | 0.97908884 |
| 1976 | 0.97656566 |
| 1975 | 0.92609376 |
| 1974 | 0.9554404 |
| 1973 | 0.955953 |
| 1972 | 0.91421306 |
| 1971 | 0.88507915 |
| 1970 | 0.8287897 |
| 1969 | 0.7815181 |
| 1968 | 0.74327004 |
| 1967 | 0.70288783 |
| 1966 | 0.6725959 |
| 1965 | 0.66656 |
| 1964 | 0.6194881 |
| 1963 | 0.5783184 |
| 1962 | 0.5590841 |
| 1961 | 0.5578653 |
| 1960 | 0.5522655 |
| 1959 | 0.53397065 |
| 1958 | 0.5492976 |
| 1957 | 0.5347744 |
| 1956 | 0.52177536 |
| 1955 | 0.5110498 |
| 1954 | 0.47448167 |
| 1953 | 0.4620448 |
| 1952 | 0.4648303 |
| 1951 | 0.43507445 |
| 1950 | 0.41649765 |
| 1949 | 0.34674028 |
| 1948 | 0.32733774 |
| 1947 | 0.31506482 |
| 1946 | 0.32124582 |
| 1945 | 0.32344264 |
| 1944 | 0.3243292 |
| 1943 | 0.29735428 |
| 1942 | 0.2956288 |
| 1941 | 0.27570948 |
| 1940 | 0.25714242 |
| 1939 | 0.24609981 |
| 1938 | 0.23430876 |
| 1937 | 0.22562651 |
| 1936 | 0.21307538 |
| 1935 | 0.19862159 |
| 1934 | 0.18227975 |
| 1933 | 0.16163766 |
| 1932 | 0.15295953 |
| 1931 | 0.17142504 |
| 1930 | 0.19853099 |
| 1929 | 0.21359752 |
| 1928 | 0.21005066 |
| 1927 | 0.2069944 |
| 1926 | 0.21327865 |
| 1925 | 0.20180704 |
| 1924 | 0.19445343 |
| 1923 | 0.18666829 |
| 1922 | 0.15595937 |
| 1921 | 0.18404068 |
| 1920 | 0.18615878 |
| 1919 | 0.17010342 |
| 1918 | 0.16625711 |
| 1917 | 0.17112114 |
| 1916 | 0.15768538 |
| 1915 | 0.13349853 |
| 1914 | 0.13367727 |
| 1913 | 0.13460414 |
| 1912 | 0.123760745 |
| 1911 | 0.116731 |
| 1910 | 0.12100435 |
| 1909 | 0.10735923 |
| 1908 | 0.09390756 |
| 1907 | 0.0909625 |
| 1906 | 0.08275714 |
| 1905 | 0.07276437 |
| 1904 | 0.06341765 |
| 1903 | 0.056402333 |
| 1902 | 0.04176499 |
| 1901 | 0.028121473 |
| 1900 | 0.016815761 |
| 1899 | 0.039936516 |
| 1898 | 0.043902785 |
| 1897 | 0.034764815 |
| 1896 | 0.031057494 |
| 1895 | 0.024409406 |
| 1894 | 0.017834708 |
| 1893 | 0.013219625 |
| 1892 | 0.0035353242 |
| 1891 | 0.0021923848 |
| 1890 | 0.0022003131 |
| 1889 | 0.0009820405 |
| 1888 | 0.00060305005 |
| 1887 | 0.00035830968 |
| 1886 | 0.00036027696 |
| 1885 | 0.00027865346 |
| 1884 | 0.00016810493 |