CO₂ emissions per capita: Rwanda
0.14263947 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 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 | 0.14263947 |
| 2023 | 0.14447089 |
| 2022 | 0.14337575 |
| 2021 | 0.12721947 |
| 2020 | 0.10671424 |
| 2019 | 0.11063562 |
| 2018 | 0.105146945 |
| 2017 | 0.09586281 |
| 2016 | 0.08826083 |
| 2015 | 0.08305669 |
| 2014 | 0.07301555 |
| 2013 | 0.07020843 |
| 2012 | 0.06634094 |
| 2011 | 0.060844686 |
| 2010 | 0.056309536 |
| 2009 | 0.055150185 |
| 2008 | 0.05420935 |
| 2007 | 0.056772817 |
| 2006 | 0.055284664 |
| 2005 | 0.056756996 |
| 2004 | 0.05849709 |
| 2003 | 0.05886144 |
| 2002 | 0.06089663 |
| 2001 | 0.06262692 |
| 2000 | 0.06271452 |
| 1999 | 0.06166079 |
| 1998 | 0.05958186 |
| 1997 | 0.062219635 |
| 1996 | 0.069169044 |
| 1995 | 0.07950082 |
| 1994 | 0.06803572 |
| 1993 | 0.060510766 |
| 1992 | 0.062406532 |
| 1991 | 0.062725954 |
| 1990 | 0.07102939 |
| 1989 | 0.09523656 |
| 1988 | 0.099354126 |
| 1987 | 0.090587385 |
| 1986 | 0.0914333 |
| 1985 | 0.097440176 |
| 1984 | 0.10378366 |
| 1983 | 0.1178871 |
| 1982 | 0.10649009 |
| 1981 | 0.10871546 |
| 1980 | 0.09239972 |
| 1979 | 0.057188775 |
| 1978 | 0.057486814 |
| 1977 | 0.054717354 |
| 1976 | 0.056357805 |
| 1975 | 0.03816892 |
| 1974 | 0.016378218 |
| 1973 | 0.016021928 |
| 1972 | 0.015627196 |
| 1971 | 0.015192013 |
| 1970 | 0.014727158 |
| 1969 | 0.015182554 |
| 1968 | 0.014679437 |
| 1967 | 0.0111043 |
| 1966 | 0.012485142 |
| 1965 | 0.013914401 |
| 1964 | 0.01098705 |
| 1963 | 0.025859024 |
| 1962 | 0.026450565 |
| 1961 | 0.02945005 |
| 1960 | 0.023103265 |
| 1959 | 0.025453886 |
| 1958 | 0.006782072 |
| 1957 | 0.0070097754 |
| 1956 | 0.0063436884 |
| 1955 | 0.0056251152 |
| 1954 | 0.004850268 |
| 1953 | 0.012046962 |
| 1952 | 0.013512102 |
| 1951 | 0.0075374357 |
| 1950 | 0.007813265 |