Cameroon vs Gabon
Cameroon vs Gabon: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.35 tonnes in Cameroon and 2.05 tonnes in Gabon, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Gabon, by 1.69 tonnes, or 5.79 times that in Cameroon.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Gabon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Cameroon ranked 168 and Gabon ranked 112 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 | Gabon | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.35 | 2.05 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.36 | 2.06 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.38 | 2.3 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.38 | 2.26 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 2.38 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 2.49 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.43 | 2.45 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.41 | 2.67 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.41 | 3.12 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 3.16 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 3.17 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.38 | 3.18 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.36 | 3.19 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.37 | 3.27 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 3.46 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.4 | 3.28 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.38 | 3.43 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.37 | 3.33 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.32 | 3.78 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.32 | 4.37 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.34 | 4.66 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.35 | 5.31 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.36 | 4.81 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.37 | 5.15 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.38 | 5.18 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.37 | 5.3 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.39 | 5.71 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.39 | 5.12 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.39 | 5.5 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.39 | 5.05 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.41 | 4.61 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.39 | 4.77 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.36 | 4.79 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.39 | 4.88 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.42 | 6.27 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.43 | 6.54 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.31 | 5.33 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.51 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.58 | 6.39 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.49 | 9.15 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.51 | 8.23 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.51 | 7.31 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.26 | 8.18 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.25 | 8.43 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.24 | 8.22 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.23 | 8.77 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.22 | 9.13 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.21 | 8.42 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.15 | 8.73 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.17 | 7.7 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.14 | 6.11 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.14 | 6.08 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.14 | 1.94 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.14 | 1.84 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.18 | 1.01 | 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 Gabon
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Gabon: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Gabon: 3.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Gabon: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Gabon: 4.05% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Gabon: 12.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Gabon: 2.49 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Gabon: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Gabon: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Gabon: 92.1% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Gabon: 21.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Gabon: 4% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Gabon: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Gabon: 1.66% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Gabon: $337M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Gabon: $139 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Gabon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCameroon: 34,000 people in 2020Gabon: 7,000 people in 2020
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Gabon: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Gabon: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023Gabon: 6 million TIV in 2024