Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon
Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.55 tonnes in Equatorial Guinea and 2.05 tonnes in Gabon, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Equatorial Guinea, by 0.5 tonnes, or 1.25 times that in Gabon.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Equatorial Guinea has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Gabon.
- In 2024, Equatorial Guinea ranked 101 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 | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.55 | 2.05 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.58 | 2.06 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 2.82 | 2.3 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 2.86 | 2.26 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 2.86 | 2.38 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 3.07 | 2.49 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 3.29 | 2.45 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 3.13 | 2.67 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 3.57 | 3.12 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 3.72 | 3.16 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 4.09 | 3.17 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 4.25 | 3.18 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 4.34 | 3.19 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 4.8 | 3.27 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 4.81 | 3.46 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 4.82 | 3.28 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 6.09 | 3.43 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 6.89 | 3.33 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 6.45 | 3.78 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 6.75 | 4.37 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 6.98 | 4.66 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 4.24 | 5.31 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 4.03 | 4.81 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 4.8 | 5.15 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 3.9 | 5.18 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 3.86 | 5.3 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 3.67 | 5.71 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 3.14 | 5.12 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.37 | 5.5 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.25 | 5.05 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 2.2 | 4.61 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.15 | 4.77 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.15 | 4.79 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.15 | 4.88 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.15 | 6.27 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.17 | 6.54 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.13 | 5.33 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.12 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.12 | 6.39 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.11 | 9.15 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.12 | 8.23 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.12 | 7.31 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.2 | 8.18 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.27 | 8.43 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.22 | 8.22 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.25 | 8.77 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.27 | 9.13 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.14 | 8.42 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.14 | 8.73 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.13 | 7.7 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.12 | 6.11 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.1 | 6.08 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.15 | 1.94 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.13 | 1.84 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.13 | 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
Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon
Health
- Life expectancyEquatorial Guinea: 63.7 years in 2023Gabon: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEquatorial Guinea: 6.8 per 100 live births in 2024Gabon: 3.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEquatorial Guinea: 52.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Gabon: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEquatorial Guinea: 4.17% in 2017Gabon: 4.05% in 2017
- Suicide rateEquatorial Guinea: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Gabon: 12.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEquatorial Guinea: 1.85 million people in 2023Gabon: 2.49 million people in 2023
- Population growthEquatorial Guinea: 2.39% a year in 2023Gabon: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEquatorial Guinea: 4.08 births per woman in 2023Gabon: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEquatorial Guinea: 71.6% in 2025Gabon: 92.1% in 2025
- Median ageEquatorial Guinea: 21 years in 2023Gabon: 21.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEquatorial Guinea: 3.6% in 2023Gabon: 4% in 2023
- Net migration rateEquatorial Guinea: 2.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Gabon: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEquatorial Guinea: 0.9% of GDP in 2025Gabon: 1.66% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEquatorial Guinea: $113M in 2025Gabon: $337M in 2025
- Military spending per personEquatorial Guinea: $63 in 2025Gabon: $139 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEquatorial Guinea: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Gabon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEquatorial Guinea: 1,000 people in 2020Gabon: 7,000 people in 2020
- National powerEquatorial Guinea: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Gabon: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEquatorial Guinea: 0.16% of the labour force in 2020Gabon: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEquatorial Guinea: 12 million TIV in 2024Gabon: 6 million TIV in 2024