Cameroon vs Rwanda: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?

Cameroon

0.366 tonnes per person

in 2023

Rwanda

0.252 tonnes per person

in 2023

Cameroon rank

114th

Rwanda rank

115th

Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time

Cameroon currently reports 0.366 tonnes per person against 0.252 tonnes per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.1139 tonnes per person.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.5 times Rwanda's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 114th and Rwanda ranks 115th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
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: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.