Climate Change in Malawi

1,266 indicators covering climate change for Malawi.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of global methane emissions 0.1% 2024 up 34.9% 110th
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions 0.2% 2024 up 51.5% 80th
Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use 0.0002 °C 2024 up 23.9% 142nd
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources 0.0002 °C 2024 up 23.9% 142nd
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use 0.0006 °C 2024 up 24.2% 94th
Global warming contributions by gas and source 0 °C 2024 up 30.3% 111th
Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region 25.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 8.8% 122nd
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) 526.67 kt 2023 up 67.8% 60th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal 0.0082 tonnes per person 2024 down 22.8% 119th
Annual CO₂ emissions from coal 176,972 tonnes 2024 up 0.6% 108th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 12.65 million tonnes 2024 up 16.5% 112th
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source 0.0082 tonnes per person 2024 down 22.8% 119th
Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price 0.0% 2025 50th
Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 67.35 years 2023 up 10.7% 189th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita 0.0037 ha per person 2023 down 7.2% 52nd
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.839 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% 33rd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.1% 52nd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% 33rd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.1% 52nd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% 33rd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0.0021 t per person 2023 down 7.2% 52nd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square 0.4614 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% 33rd
Food Packaging — Energy Use 69.2 TJ 2023 up 42.8% 94th
Raw milk of sheep — Production 6,981 t 2023 up 22.9% 59th
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population 5.6 2022 up 211.1% 199th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% 20th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.3% 9th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% 20th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% 9th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% 20th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% 9th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.1823 kg per person 2023 down 9.5% 20th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 40.8 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 18.1% 9th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.8% 100th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 52.8% 93rd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.4% 92nd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 95th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 95th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 95th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0 t per person 2023 down 39.7% 101st
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per unit 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 52.6% 93rd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per 0.0042 t per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% 92nd
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.4% 99th
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 39.9% 92nd
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 91st
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 61.7% 103rd
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 70.0% 99th
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 50.0% 96th
Wheat — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.1% 103rd
Wheat — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 63.9% 97th
Wheat — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 40.0% 96th
Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.0007 kg per person 2023 down 53.8% 104th
Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per unit of GDP 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 63.7% 97th
Wheat — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 0.1654 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 39.6% 96th
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% 71st
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% 44th
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% 71st
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% 44th
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% 71st
Rice Cultivation — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% 44th