Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Gabon

Greenhouse gases per capita in Gabon in 2024 — 10.79 t/person. Ranked 167 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 58.1%.

2024 10.79 t/person −3.58% vs 2023
World rank 167of 199
Period maximum 50.34 t/person1975
Period minimum -5.95 t/person1915

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Gabon, 1850–2024-200204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 6.82 t/person1853: 7.19 t/person1856: 7.55 t/person1859: 8.42 t/person1862: 8.47 t/person1865: 8.55 t/person1868: 7.83 t/person1871: 9 t/person1874: 9.85 t/person1877: 9.8 t/person1880: 10.16 t/person1883: 9.5 t/person1886: 10.71 t/person1889: 9.68 t/person1892: 2.79 t/person1895: 2.3 t/person1898: 0.88 t/person1901: -0.62 t/person1904: -0.65 t/person1907: -1.98 t/person1910: -2.17 t/person1913: -3.27 t/person1916: -2.51 t/person1919: -3.53 t/person1922: 9.34 t/person1925: 12.12 t/person1928: 14.12 t/person1931: 11.71 t/person1934: 11.19 t/person1937: 15.05 t/person1940: 17.52 t/person1943: 21.33 t/person1946: 21.34 t/person1949: 19.71 t/person1952: 13.3 t/person1955: 13.12 t/person1958: 16.65 t/person1961: 17.64 t/person1964: 20.07 t/person1967: 21.52 t/person1970: 33.88 t/person1973: 41.34 t/person1976: 49.94 t/person1979: 34.88 t/person1982: 26.91 t/person1985: 24.6 t/person1988: 19.52 t/person1991: 24.4 t/person1994: 26.97 t/person1997: 31.85 t/person2000: 30.58 t/person2003: 29.38 t/person2006: 21.24 t/person2009: 18.76 t/person2012: 15.21 t/person2015: 14.9 t/person2018: 11.12 t/person2021: 10.4 t/person2024: 10.79 t/person
Change over the period: +3.96 (+58.08%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 10.79 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3.04 t/person
Middle Africa computed 5.55 t/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.99 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 10.79 −0.4 −3.58%
2023 11.19 +0.09 +0.84%
2022 11.09 +0.69 +6.63%
2021 10.4 −0.9 −7.95%
2020 11.3 +0.05 +0.48%
2019 11.25 +0.13 +1.19%
2018 11.12 −3.35 −23.15%
2017 14.47 +1.27 +9.58%
2016 13.2 −1.7 −11.42%
2015 14.9 +2 +15.48%
2014 12.9 −2.15 −14.27%
2013 15.05 −0.16 −1.04%
2012 15.21 −1.21 −7.39%
2011 16.42 −0.33 −1.95%
2010 16.75 −2.01 −10.73%
2009 18.76 −0.9 −4.59%
2008 19.67 −0.03 −0.15%
2007 19.7 −1.54 −7.26%
2006 21.24 −3.14 −12.87%
2005 24.37 −2.41 −8.99%
2004 26.78 −2.6 −8.83%
2003 29.38 +1.18 +4.17%
2002 28.2 −0.45 −1.57%
2001 28.65 −1.93 −6.32%
2000 30.58 −3.29 −9.71%
1999 33.87 −2.33 −6.44%
1998 36.2 +4.35 +13.66%
1997 31.85 −0.3 −0.94%
1996 32.15 +4.96 +18.24%
1995 27.19 +0.22 +0.83%
1994 26.97 −0.88 −3.16%
1993 27.85 +3.39 +13.85%
1992 24.46 +0.06 +0.27%
1991 24.4 −0.02 −0.07%
1990 24.41 +0.73 +3.08%
1989 23.68 +4.16 +21.31%
1988 19.52 +2.04 +11.64%
1987 17.49 −3.6 −17.08%
1986 21.09 −3.51 −14.25%
1985 24.6 +0.7 +2.91%
1984 23.9 −0.41 −1.69%
1983 24.31 −2.6 −9.66%
1982 26.91 +0.55 +2.07%
1981 26.37 −5.4 −16.99%
1980 31.76 −3.11 −8.93%
1979 34.88 −6.11 −14.91%
1978 40.99 −7.52 −15.5%
1977 48.51 −1.43 −2.86%
1976 49.94 −0.4 −0.79%
1975 50.34 +4.6 +10.05%
1974 45.74 +4.4 +10.65%
1973 41.34 +4.25 +11.46%
1972 37.09 +2.59 +7.5%
1971 34.5 +0.62 +1.84%
1970 33.88 +7.98 +30.82%
1969 25.9 −3.31 −11.32%
1968 29.2 +7.69 +35.73%
1967 21.52 +0.9 +4.38%
1966 20.61 +1.28 +6.63%
1965 19.33 −0.74 −3.7%
1964 20.07 +4.63 +29.98%
1963 15.44 +0.39 +2.6%
1962 15.05 −2.59 −14.66%
1961 17.64 +4.66 +35.89%
1960 12.98 −0.44 −3.3%
1959 13.42 −3.23 −19.4%
1958 16.65 +3.84 +30.01%
1957 12.81 −1.15 −8.26%
1956 13.96 +0.84 +6.42%
1955 13.12 +0.53 +4.23%
1954 12.59 −3.93 −23.81%
1953 16.52 +3.23 +24.26%
1952 13.3 −0.14 −1.05%
1951 13.44 −2.72 −16.85%
1950 16.16 −3.55 −18%
1949 19.71 −0.61 −3.02%
1948 20.32 −2.08 −9.27%
1947 22.4 +1.06 +4.97%
1946 21.34 +0.4 +1.93%
1945 20.93 −0.5 −2.35%
1944 21.44 +0.11 +0.52%
1943 21.33 +3.41 +19.06%
1942 17.91 +0.18 +1.02%
1941 17.73 +0.21 +1.21%
1940 17.52 +3.2 +22.35%
1939 14.32 +0.35 +2.48%
1938 13.97 −1.08 −7.15%
1937 15.05 +0.8 +5.59%
1936 14.25 −0.25 −1.7%
1935 14.5 +3.31 +29.54%
1934 11.19 −3.95 −26.07%
1933 15.14 −0.29 −1.9%
1932 15.43 +3.72 +31.79%
1931 11.71 −1.8 −13.29%
1930 13.5 −0.47 −3.34%
1929 13.97 −0.15 −1.06%
1928 14.12 +1.27 +9.9%
1927 12.85 −0.06 −0.5%
1926 12.91 +0.8 +6.58%
1925 12.12 +1.84 +17.91%
1924 10.28 +0.03 +0.27%
1923 10.25 +0.91 +9.72%
1922 9.34 +1.57 +20.17%
1921 7.77 +3.84 +97.51%
1920 3.94 +7.47 +211.41%
1919 -3.53 −0.45 −14.71%
1918 -3.08 +1.15 +27.11%
1917 -4.22 −1.72 −68.35%
1916 -2.51 +3.44 +57.85%
1915 -5.95 −2.44 −69.38%
1914 -3.51 −0.24 −7.43%
1913 -3.27 −3.35 −4,188.75%
1912 0.08 +5.19 +101.57%
1911 -5.11 −2.94 −135.76%
1910 -2.17 +0.68 +23.96%
1909 -2.85 +0.1 +3.36%
1908 -2.95 −0.97 −49.09%
1907 -1.98 +0.29 +12.86%
1906 -2.27 −0.28 −13.78%
1905 -2 −1.35 −207.87%
1904 -0.65 +2.26 +77.72%
1903 -2.91 −2.76 −1,891.78%
1902 -0.15 +0.47 +76.26%
1901 -0.62 −1.56 −165.01%
1900 0.95 +0.22 +29.41%
1899 0.73 −0.15 −17.31%
1898 0.88 +0.49 +122.11%
1897 0.4 +0.95 +171.58%
1896 -0.56 −2.86 −124.16%
1895 2.3 +0.53 +29.56%
1894 1.78 −0.35 −16.27%
1893 2.12 −0.67 −23.87%
1892 2.79 −0.77 −21.65%
1891 3.56 −2.11 −37.2%
1890 5.66 −4.02 −41.52%
1889 9.68 −1.55 −13.79%
1888 11.23 +2.56 +29.51%
1887 8.67 −2.04 −19.01%
1886 10.71 +0.89 +9.01%
1885 9.82 −0.66 −6.31%
1884 10.48 +0.99 +10.39%
1883 9.5 −0.75 −7.35%
1882 10.25 +0.63 +6.56%
1881 9.62 −0.54 −5.35%
1880 10.16 +0.59 +6.12%
1879 9.58 −0.34 −3.46%
1878 9.92 +0.12 +1.23%
1877 9.8 −1.21 −10.97%
1876 11.01 +0.73 +7.08%
1875 10.28 +0.43 +4.35%
1874 9.85 −0.01 −0.13%
1873 9.86 +0.1 +1.07%
1872 9.76 +0.76 +8.48%
1871 9 −1.32 −12.83%
1870 10.32 +1.59 +18.16%
1869 8.73 +0.9 +11.53%
1868 7.83 −0.47 −5.68%
1867 8.3 +0.26 +3.22%
1866 8.04 −0.51 −5.92%
1865 8.55 −0.08 −0.97%
1864 8.63 +0.21 +2.47%
1863 8.43 −0.04 −0.48%
1862 8.47 −0.42 −4.73%
1861 8.89 +0.5 +5.94%
1860 8.39 −0.04 −0.42%
1859 8.42 +0.9 +11.98%
1858 7.52 −1.4 −15.64%
1857 8.92 +1.37 +18.13%
1856 7.55 −0.1 −1.36%
1855 7.65 −0.04 −0.55%
1854 7.7 +0.51 +7.08%
1853 7.19 −0.57 −7.38%
1852 7.76 +0.31 +4.09%
1851 7.45 +0.63 +9.25%
1850 6.82

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

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