Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.35 tonnes in Cameroon and 2.55 tonnes in Equatorial Guinea, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Equatorial Guinea, by 2.2 tonnes, or 7.22 times that in Cameroon.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

CameroonEquatorial GuineaWorld

What the numbers say

Equatorial Guinea has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Cameroon.
In 2024, Cameroon ranked 168 and Equatorial Guinea ranked 101 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea	World
2024	0.35	2.55	4.69
2023	0.36	2.58	4.68
2022	0.38	2.82	4.67
2021	0.38	2.86	4.69
2020	0.4	2.86	4.48
2019	0.4	3.07	4.7
2018	0.43	3.29	4.74
2017	0.41	3.13	4.67
2016	0.41	3.57	4.65
2015	0.4	3.72	4.7
2014	0.4	4.09	4.78
2013	0.38	4.25	4.81
2012	0.36	4.34	4.77
2011	0.37	4.8	4.76
2010	0.4	4.81	4.67
2009	0.4	4.82	4.45
2008	0.38	6.09	4.56
2007	0.37	6.89	4.59
2006	0.32	6.45	4.48
2005	0.32	6.75	4.39
2004	0.34	6.98	4.28
2003	0.35	4.24	4.15
2002	0.36	4.03	4.02
2001	0.37	4.8	4.01
2000	0.38	3.9	4.01
1999	0.37	3.86	3.95
1998	0.39	3.67	3.98
1997	0.39	3.14	4.02
1996	0.39	2.37	4.01
1995	0.39	2.25	3.99
1994	0.41	2.2	3.94
1993	0.39	0.15	3.97
1992	0.36	0.15	4.02
1991	0.39	0.15	4.1
1990	0.42	0.15	4.15
1989	0.43	0.17	4.16
1988	0.31	0.13	4.16
1987	0.51	0.12	4.1
1986	0.58	0.12	4.04
1985	0.49	0.11	4.05
1984	0.51	0.12	4.07
1983	0.51	0.12	4.01
1982	0.26	0.2	4.05
1981	0.25	0.27	4.18
1980	0.24	0.22	4.33
1979	0.23	0.25	4.46
1978	0.22	0.27	4.42
1977	0.21	0.14	4.36
1976	0.15	0.14	4.31
1975	0.17	0.13	4.15
1974	0.14	0.12	4.23
1973	0.14	0.1	4.32
1972	0.14	0.15	4.16
1971	0.14	0.13	4.04
1970	0.18	0.13	4.15

Each country on its own

Good to know

Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea

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Deaths in conflictsCameroon: 660 deaths in 2022Equatorial Guinea: 0 deaths in 2022