Cape Verde vs Eritrea: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Cape Verde

16.92 million tonnes

in 2024

Eritrea

19.10 million tonnes

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

179th

Eritrea rank

177th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Eritrea currently reports 19.10 million tonnes against 16.92 million tonnes in Cape Verde, a difference of 2.19 million tonnes.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 179th and Eritrea ranks 177th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.