Equatorial Guinea vs Sao Tome and Principe: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita

Equatorial Guinea
0.7255 tonnes per person
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.5237 tonnes per person
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
56th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
57th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.7255 tonnes per person against 0.5237 tonnes per person in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.2018 tonnes per person.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.4 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 24 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 56th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 57th of 194 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1850s 1.17 tonnes per person 3.47 tonnes per person 2.3 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1860s 3.49 tonnes per person 3.38 tonnes per person 0.1096 tonnes per person Equatorial Guinea
1870s 10.61 tonnes per person 3.38 tonnes per person 7.22 tonnes per person Equatorial Guinea
1880s 11.9 tonnes per person 3.14 tonnes per person 8.76 tonnes per person Equatorial Guinea
1890s -0.9267 tonnes per person 2.89 tonnes per person 3.82 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1900s -10.02 tonnes per person 2.16 tonnes per person 12.19 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1910s -12.07 tonnes per person 1.88 tonnes per person 13.95 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1920s 6.19 tonnes per person 1.7 tonnes per person 4.49 tonnes per person Equatorial Guinea
1930s -27.04 tonnes per person 0.9534 tonnes per person 27.99 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1940s -24.7 tonnes per person -0.6102 tonnes per person 24.09 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1950s -5.19 tonnes per person -2.06 tonnes per person 3.13 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1960s -3.6 tonnes per person -3.46 tonnes per person 0.1445 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1970s -4.97 tonnes per person -1.84 tonnes per person 3.13 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1980s -3.64 tonnes per person -1.52 tonnes per person 2.12 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
1990s -0.6557 tonnes per person 0.091 tonnes per person 0.7467 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 0.8639 tonnes per person 0.0069 tonnes per person 0.857 tonnes per person Equatorial Guinea
2010s 0.4069 tonnes per person 0.871 tonnes per person 0.4642 tonnes per person Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 0.9933 tonnes per person 0.5413 tonnes per person 0.452 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, Equatorial Guinea or Sao Tome and Principe?
Equatorial Guinea, at 0.7255 tonnes per person against 0.5237 tonnes per person in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.2018 tonnes per person, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 56th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 57th 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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Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 33,660 data points, 1850–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.