Cameroon vs China: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Cameroon

274.96 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

China

278.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Cameroon rank

26th

China rank

23rd

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

Cameroon
China

How they compare

China currently reports 278.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 274.96 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Cameroon, a difference of 3.66 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 26th and China ranks 23rd of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
Unit: grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.