Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
Cameroon
0.3%
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
0.2%
in 2024
Cameroon rank
44th
Equatorial Guinea rank
46th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 44th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 46th of 215 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Cameroon, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.1%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Cameroon ranks 44th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 46th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from flaring.