Namibia — CO2 per capita
CO2 Emissions per Capita for Namibia, 1970–2024.
CO2 per capita for Namibia was 1.20 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 1.60 in 2016. The lowest was 0.80 in 1991 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.39% per year.
Namibia ranks 135 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.38, so Namibia sits above it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 13%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 9 of 47 economies; Mauritania (0.97) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 48% in 1987. That is 13% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 179 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 108th of 203 in 1970 → 113th of 203 in 1980 → 121st of 203 in 1990 → 119th of 203 in 2000 → 125th of 203 in 2010 → 128th of 203 in 2020 → 135th of 203 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2024
| Year | metric tons per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.22 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.24 | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 1.32 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.3 | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 1.46 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.48 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.5 | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 1.6 | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 1.5 | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 1.39 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.38 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1.36 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1.33 | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1.27 | -13.5% |
| 2009 | 1.47 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.45 | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 1.29 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.27 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 1.31 | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 1.23 | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 1.19 | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 1.13 | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 1.32 | +25.3% |
| 2000 | 1.05 | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 1.12 | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 1.21 | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.2 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 1.19 | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 1.12 | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 1.06 | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 0.95 | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 0.85 | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 0.8 | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 0.91 | -26.2% |
| 1989 | 1.24 | -17.2% |
| 1988 | 1.49 | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 1.52 | +48.2% |
| 1986 | 1.02 | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 0.96 | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 0.9 | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 0.96 | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 0.91 | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 0.99 | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 1.05 | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.09 | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 0.96 | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.96 | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.96 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.95 | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.95 | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 0.91 | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.91 | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 0.95 | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.98 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Namibia’s CO2 per capita in 1971?
0.95 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Namibia’s CO2 per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — metric tons per capita — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Namibia’s CO2 per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +23.3% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 1.2; 2023: 1.22; 2022: 1.24; 2021: 1.32; 2020: 1.3. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 — CO2 Emissions per Capita. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.