emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre was 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
5.74 tonnes per square kilometre
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
74th
of 207 countries
All-time high
5.74 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2022
All-time low
1.43 tonnes per square kilometre
in 1965
Years of data
62
1961–2022
emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre in Cape Verde, 1961–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre for emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre in 2022. That is the highest value across all 62 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre in Cape Verde peaked at 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.43 tonnes per square kilometre, in 1965.
Cape Verde ranks 74th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.12 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.95 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 1.77 tonnes per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 1.63 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 1.43 tonnes per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 1966 | 1.5 tonnes per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 1.54 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 1.61 tonnes per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 1.67 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 1.71 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 1.97 tonnes per square kilometre | +15.3% |
| 1972 | 2.05 tonnes per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 2.08 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 2.06 tonnes per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 2.06 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 2.05 tonnes per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 2.1 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 2.57 tonnes per square kilometre | +22.4% |
| 1979 | 2.72 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 2.25 tonnes per square kilometre | -17.4% |
| 1981 | 2.01 tonnes per square kilometre | -10.6% |
| 1982 | 2.06 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 2.08 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 2.3 tonnes per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 2.31 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 2.31 tonnes per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 2.39 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 2.46 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 2.49 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 2.73 tonnes per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 2.79 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 2.79 tonnes per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 2.72 tonnes per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 2.97 tonnes per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 3.03 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 3.1 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 3.15 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 3.25 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 3.41 tonnes per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 4.18 tonnes per square kilometre | +22.6% |
| 2001 | 4.84 tonnes per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 2002 | 4.91 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 3.77 tonnes per square kilometre | -23.2% |
| 2004 | 3.85 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 4.36 tonnes per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 4.47 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 4.58 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 4.62 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 4.63 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 4.68 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 5.28 tonnes per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 5 tonnes per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 4.82 tonnes per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 4.98 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 5.13 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 5.27 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 5.41 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 5.29 tonnes per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 5.66 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 5.64 tonnes per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 5.61 tonnes per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.3% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.92 tonnes per square kilometre, 3.0× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.61 tonnes per square kilometre, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.69 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.43 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.12 tonnes per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.14 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.71 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.26 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.01 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.49 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.99 tonnes per square kilometre | 2.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 3.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.42 tonnes per square kilometre | 3.77 tonnes per square kilometre | 4.91 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.15 tonnes per square kilometre | 4.68 tonnes per square kilometre | 5.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 5.61 tonnes per square kilometre | 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
- 71 Sierra Leone 6.16 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 72 Guinea-Bissau 5.97 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 73 Marshall Islands 5.89 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 75 Tajikistan 5.73 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 76 Malawi 5.6 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 77 Lesotho 5.42 tonnes per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Cape Verde
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.56 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.1352 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.3107 °C (2026)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population, total, annual growth rate 0.4666 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, total, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, per capita 0.7763 units per person (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies, annual growth rate -101.1 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre in Cape Verde?
- Emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre in Cape Verde was 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 5.74 tonnes per square kilometre in 2022.
- What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.43 tonnes per square kilometre in 1965.
- How does Cape Verde rank for emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre?
- Cape Verde ranks 74th out of 207 countries with data for 2022.
- Is emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
emissions of air pollutants divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
emissions of air pollutants ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- emissions of air pollutants Hoesly et al. (2024) – Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
emissions of air pollutants divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.