Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 2.93 billion tonnes in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon, 1950–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2.93 billion tonnes for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in 2024. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon peaked at 2.93 billion tonnes in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35.76 million tonnes, in 1950.
Cameroon ranks 82nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 225.36 million tonnes | 35.76 million tonnes | 442.29 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1960s | 669.02 million tonnes | 485.96 million tonnes | 839.64 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.07 billion tonnes | 872.91 million tonnes | 1.29 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.49 billion tonnes | 1.33 billion tonnes | 1.63 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.76 billion tonnes | 1.64 billion tonnes | 1.91 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.10 billion tonnes | 1.94 billion tonnes | 2.32 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.57 billion tonnes | 2.38 billion tonnes | 2.75 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.86 billion tonnes | 2.79 billion tonnes | 2.93 billion tonnes | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More climate change data for Cameroon
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.9% (2100)
- Population growth 2.6% (2025)
- Population, total 29.88 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.0% (2025)
- Urban population 16.63 million (2025)
- Urban population 55.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.3307 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 309.25 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.3307 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.3307 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon?
- Cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon was 2.93 billion tonnes in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.93 billion tonnes in 2024.
- What is the lowest cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.76 million tonnes in 1950.
- How does Cameroon rank for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Cameroon ranks 82nd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 75 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.