Cameroon vs Iraq: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Cameroon

0.0003 tonnes per person

in 1997

Iraq

0.0001 tonnes per person

in 2024

Cameroon rank

134th

Iraq rank

137th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Cameroon currently reports 0.0003 tonnes per person against 0.0001 tonnes per person in Iraq, a difference of 0.0001 tonnes per person.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.9 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 134th and Iraq ranks 137th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
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: 179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.