Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Cameroon
0.8053 tonnes per person
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
0.7255 tonnes per person
in 2024
Cameroon rank
54th
Equatorial Guinea rank
56th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.8053 tonnes per person against 0.7255 tonnes per person in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0798 tonnes per person.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 54th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 56th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 13 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.6 tonnes per person | 1.17 tonnes per person | 1.43 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1860s | 2.69 tonnes per person | 3.49 tonnes per person | 0.8023 tonnes per person | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1870s | 3.1 tonnes per person | 10.61 tonnes per person | 7.5 tonnes per person | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1880s | 3.44 tonnes per person | 11.9 tonnes per person | 8.46 tonnes per person | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1890s | 0.1933 tonnes per person | -0.9267 tonnes per person | 1.12 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1900s | -1.77 tonnes per person | -10.02 tonnes per person | 8.26 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1910s | -2.23 tonnes per person | -12.07 tonnes per person | 9.83 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1920s | 3.25 tonnes per person | 6.19 tonnes per person | 2.94 tonnes per person | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1930s | 5.58 tonnes per person | -27.04 tonnes per person | 32.62 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1940s | 7.7 tonnes per person | -24.7 tonnes per person | 32.4 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1950s | 9.37 tonnes per person | -5.19 tonnes per person | 14.56 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 7 tonnes per person | -3.6 tonnes per person | 10.6 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 5.94 tonnes per person | -4.97 tonnes per person | 10.9 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 3.06 tonnes per person | -3.64 tonnes per person | 6.7 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 1.81 tonnes per person | -0.6557 tonnes per person | 2.47 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 2.03 tonnes per person | 0.8639 tonnes per person | 1.17 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 1.56 tonnes per person | 0.4069 tonnes per person | 1.16 tonnes per person | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.9049 tonnes per person | 0.9933 tonnes per person | 0.0884 tonnes per person | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Cameroon, at 0.8053 tonnes per person against 0.7255 tonnes per person in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.0798 tonnes per person, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 54th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 56th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.