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
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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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.