Rwanda — CO2 per capita
CO2 Emissions per Capita for Rwanda, 1970–2024.
CO2 per capita for Rwanda was 0.16 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 0.16 in 2023. The lowest was 0.02 in 1971 (about 6.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.53% per year.
Rwanda ranks 184 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 91%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.38, so Rwanda sits below it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 92%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 37 of 47 economies; Guinea-Bissau (0.16) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 108% in 1980. That is 32% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1980. Doubling roughly every 20 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 191st of 203 in 1970 → 183rd of 203 in 1980 → 181st of 203 in 1990 → 182nd of 203 in 2000 → 189th of 203 in 2010 → 188th of 203 in 2020 → 184th of 203 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2024
| Year | metric tons per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.16 | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.16 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.16 | +26.2% |
| 2021 | 0.13 | +14.7% |
| 2020 | 0.11 | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 0.12 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.12 | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 0.11 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1 | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.1 | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 0.08 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.09 | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 0.08 | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 0.07 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.07 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.07 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.07 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.07 | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 0.08 | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.08 | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 0.08 | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.08 | -15.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1 | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 0.08 | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.08 | +31.4% |
| 1999 | 0.06 | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.06 | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.06 | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 0.07 | -15.2% |
| 1995 | 0.08 | +17.5% |
| 1994 | 0.07 | +12.5% |
| 1993 | 0.06 | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 0.06 | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.07 | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 0.07 | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.08 | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 0.08 | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 0.07 | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.07 | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.07 | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.07 | -14.1% |
| 1983 | 0.08 | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 0.08 | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.08 | +15.9% |
| 1980 | 0.07 | +107.5% |
| 1979 | 0.03 | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 0.03 | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 0.03 | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 0.03 | +21.4% |
| 1975 | 0.03 | +11.0% |
| 1974 | 0.02 | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.03 | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.03 | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 0.02 | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 0.02 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Rwanda’s CO2 per capita in 1971?
0.02 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Rwanda’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 Rwanda’s CO2 per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +549.9% in total — about 3.5% 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: 0.16; 2023: 0.16; 2022: 0.16; 2021: 0.13; 2020: 0.11. 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.