Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal
Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.16 tonnes in Guinea-Bissau and 0.77 tonnes in Senegal, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 0.61 tonnes, or 4.94 times that in Guinea-Bissau.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Guinea-Bissau ranked 184 and Senegal ranked 148 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Guinea-Bissau | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.16 | 0.77 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.15 | 0.76 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.16 | 0.82 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.16 | 0.76 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.17 | 0.64 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.18 | 0.67 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.18 | 0.67 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.16 | 0.66 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.21 | 0.68 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.2 | 0.63 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.2 | 0.59 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.19 | 0.57 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.19 | 0.55 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.2 | 0.58 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.2 | 0.55 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.2 | 0.53 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.2 | 0.53 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.2 | 0.49 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | 0.51 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | 0.47 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.2 | 0.42 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.16 | 0.4 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.19 | 0.42 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.19 | 0.3 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.19 | 0.3 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.21 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.19 | 0.3 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.21 | 0.3 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.2 | 0.32 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.1 | 0.35 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.09 | 0.35 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.07 | 0.37 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.07 | 0.37 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.08 | 0.35 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.08 | 0.35 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.08 | 0.3 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.08 | 0.3 | 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
Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea-Bissau: 64.1 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea-Bissau: 6.7 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea-Bissau: 48.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGuinea-Bissau: 23.9% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionGuinea-Bissau: 3.67% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea-Bissau: 13.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea-Bissau: 2.15 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea-Bissau: 2.23% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea-Bissau: 3.84 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea-Bissau: 46.7% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea-Bissau: 18.9 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea-Bissau: 3.1% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea-Bissau: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea-Bissau: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea-Bissau: $21M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea-Bissau: $10 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea-Bissau: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea-Bissau: 4,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea-Bissau: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea-Bissau: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuinea-Bissau: 5 million TIV in 1993Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024