Cape Verde vs Samoa: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Cape Verde

1.13 tonnes per person

in 2024

Samoa

1.13 tonnes per person

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

155th

Samoa rank

156th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

Cape Verde
Samoa

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 1.13 tonnes per person against 1.13 tonnes per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.0049 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 155th and Samoa ranks 156th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to 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: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.