Burkina Faso vs Kyrgyzstan: Emissions of air pollutants

Burkina Faso
66,536 tonnes
in 2022
Kyrgyzstan
70,959 tonnes
in 2022
Burkina Faso rank
112th
Kyrgyzstan rank
110th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Kyrgyzstan
050.0k100.0k150.0k175018862022

How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 70,959 tonnes against 66,536 tonnes in Burkina Faso, a difference of 4,423 tonnes.

That makes Kyrgyzstan's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 112th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 110th of 220 countries.

Across the 28 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 12 and Kyrgyzstan in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Kyrgyzstan Difference Ahead
1750s 364.52 tonnes 195.8 tonnes 168.73 tonnes Burkina Faso
1760s 365.68 tonnes 203.05 tonnes 162.63 tonnes Burkina Faso
1770s 366.83 tonnes 210.57 tonnes 156.26 tonnes Burkina Faso
1780s 367.97 tonnes 218.37 tonnes 149.61 tonnes Burkina Faso
1790s 369.12 tonnes 226.45 tonnes 142.67 tonnes Burkina Faso
1800s 374.47 tonnes 238.15 tonnes 136.32 tonnes Burkina Faso
1810s 385.88 tonnes 257.44 tonnes 128.44 tonnes Burkina Faso
1820s 398.5 tonnes 281.68 tonnes 116.82 tonnes Burkina Faso
1830s 411.29 tonnes 308.12 tonnes 103.17 tonnes Burkina Faso
1840s 424.25 tonnes 336.32 tonnes 87.92 tonnes Burkina Faso
1850s 442.12 tonnes 370.51 tonnes 71.6 tonnes Burkina Faso
1860s 474.97 tonnes 449.77 tonnes 25.2 tonnes Burkina Faso
1870s 520.18 tonnes 641.46 tonnes 121.28 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1880s 567.76 tonnes 1,004 tonnes 436.32 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1890s 619.15 tonnes 1,745 tonnes 1,125 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1900s 754.5 tonnes 2,760 tonnes 2,006 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1910s 1,036 tonnes 3,358 tonnes 2,322 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1920s 1,459 tonnes 3,570 tonnes 2,112 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1930s 1,978 tonnes 10,672 tonnes 8,694 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1940s 2,700 tonnes 16,172 tonnes 13,472 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1950s 5,288 tonnes 34,000 tonnes 28,712 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1960s 6,063 tonnes 56,662 tonnes 50,599 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1970s 9,458 tonnes 102,160 tonnes 92,703 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1980s 14,894 tonnes 127,058 tonnes 112,163 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
1990s 19,935 tonnes 79,021 tonnes 59,087 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
2000s 29,179 tonnes 57,893 tonnes 28,714 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
2010s 50,891 tonnes 80,598 tonnes 29,707 tonnes Kyrgyzstan
2020s 63,483 tonnes 68,002 tonnes 4,520 tonnes Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emissions of air pollutants, Burkina Faso or Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan, at 70,959 tonnes against 66,536 tonnes in Burkina Faso as of 2022.
What is the difference in emissions of air pollutants between Burkina Faso and Kyrgyzstan?
4,423 tonnes, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Kyrgyzstan?
273 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 2022.
How do Burkina Faso and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for emissions of air pollutants?
Burkina Faso ranks 112th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 110th of 220 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Emissions of air pollutants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burkina Faso vs Kyrgyzstan: Emissions of air pollutants. Statizoid, drawing on Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/long-run-air-pollution/burkina-faso/kyrgyz-republic/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/long-run-air-pollution/burkina-faso/kyrgyz-republic/">Burkina Faso vs Kyrgyzstan: Emissions of air pollutants</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
Last refreshed

Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.