Namibia's Environmental Factors

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INDEXES

An Emissions Index (close to 100) indicates a low emissions for the country. The Emissions Index is based on the equal weighting of Carbon and Methane emissions.

Namibia's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Index data: World Economics Research, London


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Emissions
Index		 Carbon
Emissions
Per Capita		 Carbon
Emissions
Total		 Methane
Emissions
Per Capita		 Methane
Emissions
Total		 Air
Quality
PM2.5		 Water
Access
% of Pop.
Liberia A 100.0 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.5 36 75
Iceland A 100.0 9.8 3.4 1.5 0.5 6 100
Bhutan A 100.0 2.0 1.5 0.6 0.5 26 97
Malta A 100.0 3.9 1.7 0.4 0.2 13 100
Comoros A 100.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 14
Brunei Darussalam A 100.0 23.7 10.5 7 100
Cabo Verde A 100.0 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 31 89
Lesotho A 100.0 1.1 2.3 0.5 1.1 18 72
Eswatini A 99.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 15 71
Togo A 99.9 0.3 2.3 0.4 3.0 25 69
Albania A 99.9 1.6 4.6 1.0 2.9 16 95
Estonia A 99.9 7.9 10.4 0.8 1.1 6 100
Luxembourg A 99.9 13.2 8.4 0.9 0.6 9 100
Botswana A 99.9 2.7 6.5 0.9 2.1 13 92
Gambia A 99.9 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.4 39 81
Guinea-Bissau A 99.9 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.4 35 59
Slovenia A 99.9 6.1 12.6 0.8 1.7 14 100
Jamaica A 99.9 2.6 7.7 0.3 0.8 15 91
North Macedonia A 99.9 3.3 6.9 1.1 2.4 98
Burundi A 99.9 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.5 28 62
Mauritius A 99.9 3.5 4.5 1.5 2.0 11 100
Rwanda A 99.9 0.1 1.8 0.2 2.0 36 60
Suriname A 99.9 4.7 2.8 2.5 1.4 12 98
Latvia A 99.9 3.9 7.3 1.0 1.9 12 99
Guyana A 99.9 3.9 3.1 2.3 1.8 11 96
Cyprus A 99.9 6.2 7.6 0.6 0.8 15 100
Armenia A 99.9 2.3 6.8 0.8 2.3 34 100
El Salvador A 99.8 1.1 7.2 0.5 3.5 22 98
Sierra Leone A 99.8 0.2 1.3 0.5 3.9 39 64
Namibia A 99.8 1.6 4.0 1.5 3.9 12 84
Croatia B 99.8 4.3 17.7 0.9 3.7 15
Bosnia and Herzegovina B 99.8 4.2 13.6 1.1 3.6 26 96
Lebanon B 99.8 3.7 25.0 0.5 3.4 24 93
Malawi B 99.8 0.1 1.5 0.2 4.3 19 70
Moldova B 99.8 1.4 5.6 1.3 5.0 12 91
Costa Rica B 99.8 1.5 7.8 0.9 4.8 15 100
Lithuania B 99.8 5.2 13.9 1.1 2.9 10 98
Benin B 99.8 0.6 7.8 0.3 4.1 32 65
Haiti B 99.8 0.3 2.9 0.5 5.4 10 67
Kyrgyzstan B 99.8 1.4 9.3 0.7 4.9 38 92
Panama B 99.7 3.0 13.0 1.2 5.1 12 94
Gabon B 99.7 2.5 5.7 2.7 6.2 26 85
Tajikistan B 99.7 1.1 10.3 0.6 5.9 54 82
Mauritania B 99.7 0.9 4.1 1.6 7.4 42 72
Singapore B 99.7 5.5 32.5 0.8 4.4 13 100
Slovak Republic B 99.7 6.5 35.3 0.8 4.4 16 100
Sweden B 99.7 3.5 35.8 0.5 4.7 6 100
Georgia B 99.7 2.8 11.0 1.4 5.6 19 97
Switzerland B 99.6 4.0 34.9 0.6 5.1 9 100
Finland B 99.6 6.8 37.6 0.8 4.7 6 100
Sri Lanka B 99.6 1.0 20.8 0.4 8.2 24 92
Nicaragua B 99.6 0.8 5.1 1.5 9.7 16 82
Tunisia B 99.6 2.7 31.6 0.6 7.0 10 98
Trinidad and Tobago B 99.6 25.7 36.1 5.0 7.0 36 99
Cote d'Ivoire B 99.6 0.4 11.7 0.3 7.6 40 71
Laos B 99.6 2.8 20.8 1.2 8.5 21 85
Denmark B 99.6 5.1 29.6 1.3 7.8 10 100
Norway B 99.6 7.5 40.9 0.9 4.6 6 100
Jordan B 99.6 2.5 25.6 0.7 6.8 26 99
Congo, Rep. B 99.6 1.3 7.5 1.8 10.0 30 74
Honduras B 99.6 1.1 10.9 0.8 8.1 19 96
Dominican Republic C 99.5 2.6 28.9 0.9 9.5 8 97
Papua New Guinea C 99.5 0.9 8.5 1.2 11.3 9 45
Yemen, Rep. C 99.5 0.4 12.5 0.4 11.0 42 61
Hungary C 99.5 5.0 48.4 0.7 6.9 14 100
Bulgaria C 99.5 6.2 42.6 1.0 6.8 17 99
Senegal C 99.5 0.8 13.6 0.7 11.9 38 85
Guatemala C 99.4 1.1 20.3 0.6 11.5 21 94
Portugal C 99.4 4.0 40.8 1.1 11.2 7 100
Austria C 99.4 7.2 64.6 0.8 7.1 12 100
Ghana C 99.4 0.7 21.3 0.4 11.4 46 86
Zimbabwe C 99.4 0.8 11.3 0.9 13.1 13 63
Israel C 99.4 6.2 54.5 1.1 9.5 20 100
Greece C 99.4 5.4 56.3 0.9 9.0 15 100
Central African Republic C 99.3 0.2 3.3 16.2 27 37
Serbia C 99.3 3.6 30.9 1.7 14.4 22 95
Burkina Faso C 99.3 0.3 5.7 0.8 16.8 41 47
Cameroon C 99.3 0.3 9.3 0.6 16.9 56 66
Madagascar C 99.3 0.2 4.3 0.6 17.1 16 53
Guinea C 99.3 0.4 4.8 1.3 17.1 38 64
Belgium C 99.3 8.2 95.7 0.7 8.1 11 100
Afghanistan C 99.2 0.3 11.9 0.4 17.1 63 75
Azerbaijan C 99.2 3.8 38.5 1.5 14.9 25 96
Ireland C 99.2 7.5 37.6 3.1 15.6 8 97
Morocco C 99.2 1.9 70.6 0.3 12.3 13 90
Cambodia C 99.1 1.1 19.0 1.2 20.0 18 71
Bahrain C 99.1 22.3 39.0 10.6 18.5 52 100
Uruguay C 99.1 1.9 6.7 6.0 20.9 9 100
Czech Republic C 99.1 9.1 97.1 1.2 12.5 14 100
Chile C 99.1 4.5 85.4 0.6 11.9 21 100
Mongolia C 99.0 15.1 50.3 5.8 19.4 41 86
Belarus C 99.0 6.3 59.6 1.8 17.1 16 97
Romania D 99.0 4.2 79.3 0.9 16.6 13 100
Mali D 99.0 0.2 4.2 1.2 24.4 39 83
Nepal D 98.9 0.5 14.2 0.8 24.9 36 90
Uganda D 98.9 0.1 5.8 0.5 25.4 31 56
Oman D 98.8 15.5 81.0 4.1 21.3 35 92
Netherlands D 98.8 8.2 141.0 0.9 15.5 11 100
Taiwan D 98.8 11.9 282.9 23
Niger D 98.8 0.1 2.7 1.2 29.4 50 47
Mozambique D 98.8 0.2 7.1 0.9 28.0 17 63
Zambia D 98.8 0.4 7.7 1.4 27.2 17 65
Paraguay D 98.7 1.2 8.6 4.2 30.4 12 100
Qatar D 98.7 32.7 95.7 7.6 22.2 59 100
Ecuador D 98.7 2.3 41.3 1.6 27.9 17 95
New Zealand D 98.5 7.0 33.8 6.5 31.7 9 100
Bolivia D 98.5 2.0 23.3 2.9 34.3 25 93
Kuwait D 98.5 24.5 106.1 5.9 25.4 64 100
Peru D 98.4 1.7 56.3 1.0 33.4 29 93
Kenya D 98.3 0.4 19.9 0.7 38.5 13 62
Angola D 98.1 0.6 21.4 1.3 44.1 27 98
Congo, Dem. Rep D 98.0 2.6 0.5 49.0 32 46
Tanzania D 97.9 0.2 13.0 0.8 49.8 15 61
Ukraine D 97.8 4.6 201.8 0.7 32.2 14 94
Chad D 97.7 0.1 1.9 3.3 56.3 41 46
Sudan D 97.5 0.5 21.0 1.3 57.9 21 60
Spain D 97.4 5.0 233.7 0.8 38.8 9 100
Poland D 97.4 8.7 328.6 0.8 28.7 19 100
Malaysia D 97.3 7.8 256.0 1.2 39.7 22 97
Uzbekistan D 97.2 3.6 121.6 1.6 54.6 41 98
United Arab Emirates D 97.0 20.4 204.1 5.1 51.0 42 100
Libya D 97.0 10.7 74.5 9.4 65.1 30 100
Kazakhstan D 96.7 14.6 276.7 2.6 50.1 27 95
Italy E 96.7 5.4 328.7 0.7 44.7 14 100
Philippines E 96.6 1.3 144.3 0.6 66.6 23 94
Myanmar E 96.6 0.7 36.3 1.4 77.8 27 84
United Kingdom E 96.4 5.1 346.8 0.8 51.2 10 100
Colombia E 96.4 1.8 91.7 1.5 78.4 14 98
Korea, Rep. E 96.4 12.0 616.1 0.4 22.6 24 100
Ethiopia E 96.3 0.2 17.8 0.8 88.4 22 50
France E 96.3 4.7 306.0 0.9 58.2 11 100
Turkmenistan E 96.2 13.6 83.0 13.5 82.8 26 100
Turkey E 96.0 5.3 446.2 0.6 49.3 27 97
Thailand E 95.8 4.0 278.5 1.0 71.3 25 100
Egypt E 95.7 2.4 249.6 0.8 78.2 63 99
Bangladesh E 95.7 0.6 93.2 0.6 94.8 46 98
Algeria E 95.3 4.0 176.3 2.2 95.9 23 94
Vietnam E 95.2 3.3 326.0 0.8 82.5 21 97
Germany E 95.0 8.0 674.8 0.6 49.5 11 100
South Africa E 94.7 7.3 435.9 1.4 82.3 20 94
Japan E 94.2 8.5 1,067.4 0.2 27.7 11 99
Argentina E 93.8 4.1 186.5 2.9 130.9 12 57
Nigeria E 93.5 0.7 137.0 0.7 143.8 56 78
Canada E 93.3 14.3 545.6 2.7 103.9 6 99
Australia E 92.6 15.2 391.2 5.4 138.0 9 100
Saudi Arabia E 92.4 19.0 672.4 3.2 113.8 57 100
Mexico E 92.3 3.1 407.2 1.1 143.3 18 100
Pakistan E 92.0 1.0 229.5 0.8 168.9 50 90
Indonesia E 81.2 2.2 619.3 1.4 389.7 19 92
Brazil E 79.6 2.3 488.9 2.1 443.0 11 99
Russia E 63.7 12.0 1,755.5 4.8 694.5 9 97
India E 60.6 1.9 2,709.7 0.5 668.8 50 91
United States E 47.0 15.0 5,007.3 2.3 755.7 7 100
China E 0.0 7.9 11,472.4 0.8 1,213.1 38 94



Key:
Emissions Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = High environmental impact
         100 = Low environmental impact.

Grade definitions:
         A: Very Low Emissions
         B: Low emissions
         C: Moderate emissions
         D: High emissions
         E: Very high Emissions


Notes:
Total emissions data is displayed for reference and not used in the Emissions Index calculations which are based on per capita data.


See: Data for individual countries and underlying data click on the country name

Original source data: Friedlingstein et al. 2020 & World Health Organization.
Total Carbon & Methane Emissions in Million MtCO2e
Per capita Carbon & Methane Emissions in MtCO2e per person
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