Belgium vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) over time
- Belgium
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 54.13 Mt CO2e against 20.01 Mt CO2e in Belgium, a difference of 34.12 Mt CO2e.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 2.7 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 29th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 32nd of 193 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.78 Mt CO2e | 27.5 Mt CO2e | 7.28 Mt CO2e | Belgium |
| 1980s | 28.78 Mt CO2e | 27.85 Mt CO2e | 0.9287 Mt CO2e | Belgium |
| 1990s | 30.69 Mt CO2e | 33.35 Mt CO2e | 2.66 Mt CO2e | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 28.98 Mt CO2e | 46.58 Mt CO2e | 17.61 Mt CO2e | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 25.11 Mt CO2e | 56.64 Mt CO2e | 31.52 Mt CO2e | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2020s | 21.87 Mt CO2e | 53.1 Mt CO2e | 31.24 Mt CO2e | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy), Belgium or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Sub-Saharan Africa, at 54.13 Mt CO2e against 20.01 Mt CO2e in Belgium as of 2024.
- What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) between Belgium and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 34.12 Mt CO2e, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy)?
- Belgium ranks 29th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 32nd of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).