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Per capita methane emissions in Cape Verde

Cape Verde: Per capita methane emissions was 0.3013 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.3013
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
188th
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.3815
in 2000
All-time low
0.0906
in 1908
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Cape Verde, 1850–2024

0.10.20.30.4185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Cape Verde recorded 0.3013 for per capita methane emissions in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Cape Verde peaked at 0.3815 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0906, in 1908.

That places Cape Verde 188th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita methane emissions in Cape Verde, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.1669 —
1851 0.1647 -1.3%
1852 0.1626 -1.3%
1853 0.1605 -1.3%
1854 0.1584 -1.3%
1855 0.1563 -1.3%
1856 0.1543 -1.3%
1857 0.1523 -1.3%
1858 0.1504 -1.3%
1859 0.1484 -1.3%
1860 0.1465 -1.3%
1861 0.1448 -1.2%
1862 0.1431 -1.2%
1863 0.1413 -1.3%
1864 0.1395 -1.2%
1865 0.1379 -1.2%
1866 0.1363 -1.2%
1867 0.1347 -1.2%
1868 0.1332 -1.2%
1869 0.1316 -1.2%
1870 0.1301 -1.2%
1871 0.1286 -1.1%
1872 0.1271 -1.1%
1873 0.1257 -1.1%
1874 0.1243 -1.1%
1875 0.1229 -1.1%
1876 0.1215 -1.1%
1877 0.1202 -1.1%
1878 0.1188 -1.1%
1879 0.1174 -1.1%
1880 0.1161 -1.1%
1881 0.1148 -1.1%
1882 0.1135 -1.1%
1883 0.1122 -1.1%
1884 0.1109 -1.1%
1885 0.1096 -1.1%
1886 0.1084 -1.1%
1887 0.1071 -1.1%
1888 0.1059 -1.1%
1889 0.1047 -1.1%
1890 0.1035 -1.1%
1891 0.1023 -1.1%
1892 0.1012 -1.1%
1893 0.1 -1.1%
1894 0.0989 -1.1%
1895 0.0978 -1.1%
1896 0.0967 -1.1%
1897 0.0956 -1.1%
1898 0.0946 -1.1%
1899 0.0936 -1.1%
1900 0.0926 -1.1%
1901 0.0924 -0.2%
1902 0.0922 -0.3%
1903 0.0919 -0.3%
1904 0.0917 -0.3%
1905 0.0914 -0.3%
1906 0.0911 -0.3%
1907 0.0909 -0.3%
1908 0.0906 -0.3%
1909 0.0907 +0.1%
1910 0.0913 +0.6%
1911 0.0937 +2.7%
1912 0.0966 +3.1%
1913 0.1 +3.5%
1914 0.1035 +3.4%
1915 0.107 +3.4%
1916 0.1105 +3.3%
1917 0.1142 +3.3%
1918 0.1182 +3.5%
1919 0.1216 +2.9%
1920 0.1244 +2.3%
1921 0.127 +2.0%
1922 0.1288 +1.4%
1923 0.1299 +0.9%
1924 0.131 +0.8%
1925 0.132 +0.8%
1926 0.133 +0.7%
1927 0.1339 +0.7%
1928 0.1347 +0.6%
1929 0.1353 +0.4%
1930 0.1356 +0.2%
1931 0.136 +0.3%
1932 0.1361 +0.1%
1933 0.136 -0.1%
1934 0.1358 -0.1%
1935 0.1355 -0.2%
1936 0.1359 +0.3%
1937 0.1363 +0.3%
1938 0.1366 +0.2%
1939 0.1382 +1.1%
1940 0.1409 +2.0%
1941 0.1455 +3.3%
1942 0.1515 +4.1%
1943 0.1592 +5.0%
1944 0.1671 +5.0%
1945 0.1751 +4.8%
1946 0.1834 +4.8%
1947 0.1921 +4.7%
1948 0.201 +4.7%
1949 0.2081 +3.6%
1950 0.2145 +3.1%
1951 0.223 +4.0%
1952 0.2283 +2.4%
1953 0.2314 +1.4%
1954 0.2334 +0.9%
1955 0.2343 +0.4%
1956 0.234 -0.1%
1957 0.2335 -0.2%
1958 0.2331 -0.2%
1959 0.2332 +0.0%
1960 0.2344 +0.5%
1961 0.2232 -4.8%
1962 0.2303 +3.2%
1963 0.2348 +2.0%
1964 0.2319 -1.3%
1965 0.233 +0.5%
1966 0.2418 +3.8%
1967 0.234 -3.2%
1968 0.2295 -1.9%
1969 0.2252 -1.9%
1970 0.2091 -7.1%
1971 0.1998 -4.5%
1972 0.2038 +2.0%
1973 0.1914 -6.1%
1974 0.184 -3.9%
1975 0.1798 -2.3%
1976 0.1815 +0.9%
1977 0.1804 -0.6%
1978 0.1803 -0.0%
1979 0.182 +1.0%
1980 0.1798 -1.2%
1981 0.1819 +1.1%
1982 0.1866 +2.6%
1983 0.1664 -10.8%
1984 0.1634 -1.8%
1985 0.1708 +4.5%
1986 0.1837 +7.6%
1987 0.1942 +5.8%
1988 0.2159 +11.1%
1989 0.2267 +5.0%
1990 0.3066 +35.2%
1991 0.3109 +1.4%
1992 0.3299 +6.1%
1993 0.3353 +1.7%
1994 0.328 -2.2%
1995 0.3398 +3.6%
1996 0.3356 -1.3%
1997 0.3453 +2.9%
1998 0.3595 +4.1%
1999 0.3787 +5.3%
2000 0.3815 +0.8%
2001 0.3733 -2.2%
2002 0.3784 +1.4%
2003 0.2513 -33.6%
2004 0.2641 +5.1%
2005 0.2654 +0.5%
2006 0.2616 -1.4%
2007 0.2583 -1.3%
2008 0.2569 -0.5%
2009 0.2659 +3.5%
2010 0.2703 +1.7%
2011 0.2723 +0.7%
2012 0.2734 +0.4%
2013 0.2754 +0.7%
2014 0.2778 +0.9%
2015 0.2801 +0.8%
2016 0.2837 +1.3%
2017 0.2671 -5.8%
2018 0.2674 +0.1%
2019 0.2707 +1.3%
2020 0.2806 +3.6%
2021 0.2895 +3.2%
2022 0.2913 +0.6%
2023 0.2934 +0.7%
2024 0.3013 +2.7%

Cape Verde compared with similar countries

  • Cape Verde's 0.3013 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.07, 28% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Cape Verde's 0.3013 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.8668, 35% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita methane emissions in Cape Verde changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1990 +35.2% 0.2267 0.3066
2003 -33.6% 0.3784 0.2513

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.1575 0.1484 0.1669 10
1860s 0.1389 0.1316 0.1465 10
1870s 0.1237 0.1174 0.1301 10
1880s 0.1103 0.1047 0.1161 10
1890s 0.0984 0.0936 0.1035 10
1900s 0.0916 0.0906 0.0926 10
1910s 0.1056 0.0913 0.1216 10
1920s 0.131 0.1244 0.1353 10
1930s 0.1362 0.1355 0.1382 10
1940s 0.1724 0.1409 0.2081 10
1950s 0.2299 0.2145 0.2343 10
1960s 0.2318 0.2232 0.2418 10
1970s 0.1892 0.1798 0.2091 10
1980s 0.1869 0.1634 0.2267 10
1990s 0.337 0.3066 0.3787 10
2000s 0.2957 0.2513 0.3815 10
2010s 0.2738 0.2671 0.2837 10
2020s 0.2912 0.2806 0.3013 5

Countries ranked near Cape Verde

  1. 185 Rwanda 0.3331 compare
  2. 186 Maldives 0.3233 compare
  3. 187 Malta 0.3058 compare
  4. 189 British Virgin Islands 0.2963 compare
  5. 190 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2955 compare
  6. 191 Yemen 0.2854 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Cape Verde?
Per capita methane emissions in Cape Verde was 0.3013 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Cape Verde?
The highest recorded value was 0.3815 in 2000.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Cape Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0906 in 1908.
How does Cape Verde rank for per capita methane emissions?
Cape Verde ranks 188th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Cape Verde?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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