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Cameroon vs Nigeria: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Cameroon
0.1184 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Nigeria
0.1159 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Cameroon rank
137th
Nigeria rank
139th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.1184 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1159 kilograms per international-$ in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0025 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.

Cameroon ranks 137th and Nigeria ranks 139th of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).