Emissions & Climate

CO₂ Emissions & Warming in Africa

Historical CO₂ emissions, per capita footprints, cumulative responsibility and their link to global warming – focused on African countries.

Who emitted what, and when?

This dashboard tracks the evolution of CO₂ emissions in Africa – total, per person and over time – and places these trends in the global context of temperature rise.

We combine data on annual CO₂ emissions, emissions per capita, growth rates, cumulative emissions, and shares of global emissions. We also overlay this with global temperature anomalies to show how emissions are linked to warming.

Data Highlights

Sources: Global Carbon Project, Our World in Data and related climate datasets, filtered for African countries only.

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African emitters
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Latest emission year
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Africa share of global CO₂

Explore how CO₂ trajectories differ between countries, how much Africa contributed to cumulative global emissions, and how this relates to the warming of the planet.

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CO₂ Emissions across Africa (latest year)
Switch between total emissions and per capita footprints
Select Country
Latest year --
Emissions snapshot
Total annual CO₂ emissions --
Per capita CO₂ emissions --
Share of global annual CO₂ --
Annual growth rate --
Cumulative responsibility
Cumulative CO₂ emissions --
Share of global cumulative CO₂ --
Land-use vs fossil
CO₂ from land-use change --
Land-use share of total (incl. land-use) --
DATASET CURATED, VERIFIED & DESIGNED BY PaneoTech FOR CLIMATE WATCH AFRICA
CO₂ Pathways for a Selected Country
Total CO₂, per capita and growth rates over time
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Latest total CO₂
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Latest per capita CO₂
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Latest share of global
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Cumulative share
Select a country to explore its emissions trajectory.
DATASET CURATED, VERIFIED & DESIGNED BY PaneoTech FOR CLIMATE WATCH AFRICA
Top African Emitters – Cumulative CO₂
Historical responsibility since industrialization
Cumulative emissions
Annual vs Per Capita Emissions
Bubble size shows cumulative CO₂
Each bubble is a country
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CO₂ Emissions – World vs Africa
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change
Global context
Global Temperature Anomalies
Average deviation from 20th century baseline
Warming signal
DATASET CURATED, VERIFIED & DESIGNED BY PaneoTech FOR CLIMATE WATCH AFRICA
Country Latest year Total CO₂ CO₂ per capita Share of global annual CO₂ Cumulative CO₂ Share of global cumulative CO₂
DATASET CURATED, VERIFIED & DESIGNED BY PaneoTech FOR CLIMATE WATCH AFRICA
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