Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Africa Ranking

per capitaSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Libya	8.83	2018	1	8.63
2	South Africa	7.5	2018	2	7.63
3	Seychelles	6.41	2018	3	6.16
4	Equatorial Guinea	5.1	2018	4	4.46
5 ↑	Botswana	3.64	2018	7	3.3
6 ↓	Algeria	3.59	2018	5	3.51
7 ↓	Mauritius	3.26	2018	6	3.31
8	Tunisia	2.59	2018	8	2.61
9	Egypt	2.5	2018	9	2.47
10	Gabon	2.18	2018	10	2.28
11	Morocco	1.85	2018	11	1.85
12	Namibia	1.74	2018	12	1.8
13	Lesotho	1.22	2018	13	1.17
14	Cape Verde	1.14	2018	14	1.1
15	Swaziland	0.96	2018	15	0.92
16	Mauritania	0.91	2018	16	0.89
17	Zimbabwe	0.85	2018	17	0.72
18	Benin	0.69	2018	18	0.66
19 ↑	Nigeria	0.67	2018	22	0.59
20 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	0.66	2018	19	0.63
21	Senegal	0.62	2018	21	0.62
22 ↓	Republic of the Congo	0.61	2018	19	0.63
23	Ghana	0.54	2018	23	0.51
24	Djibouti	0.51	2018	24	0.5
25 ↓	Sudan	0.48	2018	24	0.5
26 ↑	Zambia	0.45	2018	27	0.41
27 ↓	Ivory Coast	0.4	2018	26	0.42
28	Kenya	0.36	2018	28	0.38
29	Cameroon	0.34	2018	29	0.34
30	Comoros	0.31	2018	30	0.31
31	Mali	0.29	2018	31	0.27
31	Togo	0.29	2018	31	0.27
33 ↓	Liberia	0.27	2018	31	0.27
34	Guinea	0.25	2018	34	0.25
34 ↑	Gambia	0.25	2018	35	0.24
36	Eritrea	0.23	2018	36	0.21
36	Mozambique	0.23	2018	36	0.21
38 ↓	Burkina Faso	0.22	2018	36	0.21
39 ↓	Tanzania	0.21	2018	36	0.21
40	Guinea-Bissau	0.17	2018	40	0.16
41	Ethiopia	0.15	2018	41	0.15
42	Uganda	0.14	2018	42	0.14
43 ↓	Madagascar	0.13	2018	42	0.14
43 ↑	Sierra Leone	0.13	2018	44	0.13
45	Niger	0.1	2018	45	0.1
46 ↑	Malawi	0.09	2018	47	0.08
46	Rwanda	0.09	2018	46	0.09
48	Chad	0.07	2018	48	0.07
48	Central African Republic	0.07	2018	48	0.07
50	Burundi	0.05	2018	50	0.05
50	Somalia	0.05	2018	50	0.05
52	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.03	2018	52	0.03

Definition of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.