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Cameroon vs China: Carbon intensity of energy

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 of energy over time

  • Cameroon
  • China
100200300400500196519942024

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