Burkina Faso Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions 1990-2024

Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).
  • Burkina Faso greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2020 was 32,262.82, a 1.98% increase from 2019.
  • Burkina Faso greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2019 was 31,636.79, a 3.2% increase from 2018.
  • Burkina Faso greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2018 was 30,655.19, a 2.9% increase from 2017.
  • Burkina Faso greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2017 was 29,792.22, a 3.31% increase from 2016.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name kt of CO2 equivalent
Ethiopia 167,300.02
Chad 89,558.46
Tanzania 89,255.45
North Korea 76,079.91
Democratic Republic of Congo 56,120.41
South Sudan 56,051.36
Syrian Arab Republic 47,112.47
Nepal 45,868.56
Niger 44,795.83
Mali 43,491.51
Uganda 39,280.05
Mozambique 33,749.37
Burkina Faso 32,262.82
Afghanistan 31,119.05
Madagascar 30,566.43
Senegal 30,293.28
Guinea 29,745.69
Somalia 26,272.10
Zimbabwe 25,988.13
Yemen 24,391.15
Central African Republic 21,016.38
Tajikistan 17,692.29
Benin 16,190.53
Malawi 11,982.43
Haiti 10,267.23
Togo 8,395.49
Rwanda 6,329.92
Eritrea 6,242.49
Sierra Leone 5,952.47
Burundi 4,102.68
Guinea-Bissau 2,546.52
Gambia 2,453.33
Liberia 2,155.39
Comoros 619.95
Burkina Faso Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions - Historical Data
Year kt of CO2 equivalent Annual % Change
2020 32,262.82 1.98%
2019 31,636.79 3.20%
2018 30,655.19 2.90%
2017 29,792.22 3.31%
2016 28,836.31 5.36%
2015 27,368.07 4.38%
2014 26,220.73 1.86%
2013 25,741.05 4.01%
2012 24,747.61 2.82%
2011 24,068.02 1.76%
2010 23,651.64 5.07%
2009 22,511.05 2.98%
2008 21,860.07 3.78%
2007 21,063.14 3.53%
2006 20,345.08 0.02%
2005 20,342.02 3.08%
2004 19,733.29 2.77%
2003 19,200.72 21.63%
2002 15,786.33 4.49%
2001 15,108.11 -5.49%
2000 15,984.91 7.96%
1999 14,806.62 2.74%
1998 14,412.16 1.47%
1997 14,203.98 4.98%
1996 13,529.88 5.15%
1995 12,867.79 2.92%
1994 12,503.11 3.70%
1993 12,057.37 1.99%
1992 11,821.55 2.48%
1991 11,535.40 3.80%
1990 11,113.28 3.80%