# CO₂ emissions per capita: Zambia

0.5650162 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](/sources/co2-per-capita) · [All countries and regions](/co2-per-capita).

## Every year

| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 0.5650162 |
| 2023 | 0.5708717 |
| 2022 | 0.5427949 |
| 2021 | 0.47694507 |
| 2020 | 0.52418166 |
| 2019 | 0.47782284 |
| 2018 | 0.48169613 |
| 2017 | 0.42765597 |
| 2016 | 0.35341817 |
| 2015 | 0.33675572 |
| 2014 | 0.3323784 |
| 2013 | 0.28745684 |
| 2012 | 0.28006828 |
| 2011 | 0.23404986 |
| 2010 | 0.22346665 |
| 2009 | 0.21792424 |
| 2008 | 0.19606511 |
| 2007 | 0.18285252 |
| 2006 | 0.18394056 |
| 2005 | 0.19136254 |
| 2004 | 0.18557891 |
| 2003 | 0.18886451 |
| 2002 | 0.18415658 |
| 2001 | 0.1826217 |
| 2000 | 0.17809726 |
| 1999 | 0.1825053 |
| 1998 | 0.24028249 |
| 1997 | 0.25485393 |
| 1996 | 0.2041296 |
| 1995 | 0.24383901 |
| 1994 | 0.2790558 |
| 1993 | 0.29448658 |
| 1992 | 0.2965377 |
| 1991 | 0.29841074 |
| 1990 | 0.30915266 |
| 1989 | 0.3386386 |
| 1988 | 0.4206241 |
| 1987 | 0.37180588 |
| 1986 | 0.41015992 |
| 1985 | 0.40300116 |
| 1984 | 0.42617464 |
| 1983 | 0.51100814 |
| 1982 | 0.56821275 |
| 1981 | 0.56123406 |
| 1980 | 0.6071616 |
| 1979 | 0.6386079 |
| 1978 | 0.6350654 |
| 1977 | 0.70436984 |
| 1976 | 0.78139806 |
| 1975 | 0.8168633 |
| 1974 | 0.86668956 |
| 1973 | 0.97511446 |
| 1972 | 0.88884634 |
| 1971 | 0.8531433 |
| 1970 | 0.8713831 |
| 1969 | 1.0175763 |
| 1968 | 1.1234851 |
| 1967 | 1.2162615 |
| 1966 | 0.9176879 |
| 1965 | 1.0596337 |
| 1964 | 0.9155656 |
| 1963 | 0.99381894 |
| 1962 | 1.0668811 |
| 1961 | 1.1397896 |
| 1960 | 1.3809863 |
| 1959 | 1.4941833 |
| 1958 | 1.3816047 |
| 1957 | 1.5949634 |
| 1956 | 1.5976762 |
| 1955 | 1.510952 |
| 1954 | 1.3209231 |
| 1953 | 1.2385598 |
| 1952 | 1.1714791 |
| 1951 | 1.0735923 |
| 1950 | 1.0038241 |

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