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CO2 emissions per capita — Cameroon

CO2 emissions per capita in Cameroon in 2024 — 0.33 t/person. Ranked 27 in the world out of 213. Since 1950, the indicator has risen by 934.4%.

2024 0.33 t/person −3.22% vs 2023
World rank 27of 213
Period maximum 0.71 t/person1983
Period minimum 0.03 t/person1950

Trend over time

1950–2024 · tonnes per capita

CO2 emissions per capita — Cameroon, 1950–202400.20.40.60.819501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 0.03 t/person1952: 0.06 t/person1954: 0.05 t/person1956: 0.05 t/person1958: 0.06 t/person1960: 0.05 t/person1962: 0.05 t/person1964: 0.06 t/person1966: 0.06 t/person1968: 0.08 t/person1970: 0.1 t/person1972: 0.13 t/person1974: 0.14 t/person1976: 0.14 t/person1978: 0.25 t/person1980: 0.46 t/person1982: 0.7 t/person1984: 0.64 t/person1986: 0.2 t/person1988: 0.2 t/person1990: 0.23 t/person1992: 0.23 t/person1994: 0.38 t/person1996: 0.45 t/person1998: 0.38 t/person2000: 0.38 t/person2002: 0.34 t/person2004: 0.34 t/person2006: 0.31 t/person2008: 0.39 t/person2010: 0.43 t/person2012: 0.37 t/person2014: 0.4 t/person2016: 0.43 t/person2018: 0.4 t/person2020: 0.37 t/person2022: 0.35 t/person2024: 0.33 t/person
Change over the period: +0.3 (+934.38%) Average annual rate: 3.21 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon

Cameroon 0.33 t/person
World computed 4.56 t/person
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.68 t/person
Middle Africa computed 0.29 t/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.87 t/person
CO2 emissions per capita — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 0.33 −0.01 −3.22%
2023 0.34 −0.01 −3.39%
2022 0.35 −0.01 −2.21%
2021 0.36 −0.01 −2.43%
2020 0.37 −0.01 −1.59%
2019 0.38 −0.02 −5.04%
2018 0.4 +0 +0%
2017 0.4 −0.03 −6.59%
2016 0.43 −0.01 −1.85%
2015 0.43 +0.04 +8.79%
2014 0.4 +0.03 +8.45%
2013 0.37 +0 +0.27%
2012 0.37 −0.04 −8.73%
2011 0.4 −0.03 −5.87%
2010 0.43 −0.02 −4.91%
2009 0.45 +0.05 +13.71%
2008 0.39 −0.02 −3.9%
2007 0.41 +0.1 +30.99%
2006 0.31 −0.01 −1.57%
2005 0.32 −0.03 −7.29%
2004 0.34 −0.01 −2.83%
2003 0.35 +0.01 +3.82%
2002 0.34 −0.02 −6.34%
2001 0.36 −0.01 −3.2%
2000 0.38 +0.02 +4.46%
1999 0.36 −0.02 −5.53%
1998 0.38 −0.01 −2.56%
1997 0.39 −0.06 −12.36%
1996 0.45 +0.03 +8.01%
1995 0.41 +0.03 +7.29%
1994 0.38 +0.15 +65.52%
1993 0.23 +0.01 +2.65%
1992 0.23 −0 −1.31%
1991 0.23 −0 −0.43%
1990 0.23 −0.46 −66.62%
1989 0.69 +0.49 +241.09%
1988 0.2 +0.02 +13.48%
1987 0.18 −0.02 −10.1%
1986 0.2 −0.47 −70.14%
1985 0.66 +0.02 +3.76%
1984 0.64 −0.07 −10.13%
1983 0.71 +0.01 +1.57%
1982 0.7 +0.1 +16.09%
1981 0.6 +0.15 +31.95%
1980 0.46 +0.24 +107.73%
1979 0.22 −0.03 −11.65%
1978 0.25 +0.05 +24.5%
1977 0.2 +0.06 +39.86%
1976 0.14 −0.01 −8.92%
1975 0.16 +0.02 +16.3%
1974 0.14 +0.01 +5.47%
1973 0.13 +0 +1.59%
1972 0.13 +0 +3.28%
1971 0.12 +0.02 +23.23%
1970 0.1 +0.01 +8.79%
1969 0.09 +0.01 +9.64%
1968 0.08 +0.01 +7.79%
1967 0.08 +0.02 +30.51%
1966 0.06 +0 +7.27%
1965 0.06 −0 −8.33%
1964 0.06 +0 +9.09%
1963 0.06 +0 +1.85%
1962 0.05 +0 +0%
1961 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1960 0.05 −0 −3.64%
1959 0.06 −0 −1.79%
1958 0.06 +0 +5.66%
1957 0.05 +0 +6%
1956 0.05 +0 +0%
1955 0.05 +0 +0%
1954 0.05 +0.01 +13.64%
1953 0.04 −0.02 −30.16%
1952 0.06 +0.02 +50%
1951 0.04 +0.01 +31.25%
1950 0.03 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.05 CF Central African Republic 0.07 TD Chad 0.14 CM Cameroon 0.33 AO Angola 0.59 ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.6 CG Republic of the Congo 1.4 GA Gabon 2.13 GQ Equatorial Guinea 3.7
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About the indicator

Annual production-based CO2 emissions per resident. Unlike absolute emissions, this indicator removes the effect of country size, which is why it is used in debates about the fair allocation of climate responsibility: the countries with the largest total emissions are not always the leaders per person.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. That is why the world value is lower than the rich countries would suggest: the denominator is the entire population of the Earth.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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