CO₂ emissions per capita: Botswana
2.9596071 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 53 years from 1972 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 | 2.9596071 |
| 2023 | 2.9225686 |
| 2022 | 3.0311775 |
| 2021 | 2.782961 |
| 2020 | 2.617259 |
| 2019 | 3.209815 |
| 2018 | 3.324487 |
| 2017 | 3.1173916 |
| 2016 | 2.837354 |
| 2015 | 2.4588568 |
| 2014 | 3.1537738 |
| 2013 | 2.6454382 |
| 2012 | 2.4076023 |
| 2011 | 1.9429603 |
| 2010 | 2.2316918 |
| 2009 | 1.936756 |
| 2008 | 2.3092914 |
| 2007 | 2.2123566 |
| 2006 | 2.2048197 |
| 2005 | 2.2264223 |
| 2004 | 2.155231 |
| 2003 | 2.1541483 |
| 2002 | 2.278496 |
| 2001 | 2.2468498 |
| 2000 | 2.2520688 |
| 1999 | 1.9234813 |
| 1998 | 2.0795043 |
| 1997 | 1.7810626 |
| 1996 | 1.7939303 |
| 1995 | 2.0314243 |
| 1994 | 2.0753875 |
| 1993 | 2.2498155 |
| 1992 | 2.0124896 |
| 1991 | 1.9633931 |
| 1990 | 2.0681398 |
| 1989 | 1.7547011 |
| 1988 | 1.6193763 |
| 1987 | 1.5330743 |
| 1986 | 1.3494312 |
| 1985 | 1.477622 |
| 1984 | 1.2404572 |
| 1983 | 1.270933 |
| 1982 | 1.3863444 |
| 1981 | 1.4511296 |
| 1980 | 1.4970202 |
| 1979 | 1.0442405 |
| 1978 | 0.97937226 |
| 1977 | 0.9760439 |
| 1976 | 0.7825406 |
| 1975 | 0.2593932 |
| 1974 | 0.12828851 |
| 1973 | 0.0786242 |
| 1972 | 0.035320427 |