Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal was 0.0% in 1989. ◆ Volatile
Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal in Cape Verde, 1950–1989
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Cape Verde is 0.0%, measured in 1989. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Cape Verde peaked at 0.0% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1960.
Cape Verde ranks 141st of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8 |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
- 138 Burkina Faso 0.0% compare
- 140 Turkmenistan 0.0% compare
- 141 Andorra 0.0% compare
- 141 Angola 0.0% compare
- 141 Aruba 0.0% compare
- 141 Bahrain 0.0% compare
- 141 Barbados 0.0% compare
- 141 Bermuda 0.0% compare
- 141 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% compare
- 141 Central African Republic 0.0% compare
- 141 Chad 0.0% compare
- 141 Congo 0.0% compare
- 141 Curacao 0.0% compare
- 141 Ecuador 0.0% compare
- 141 El Salvador 0.0% compare
- 141 Faroe Islands 0.0% compare
- 141 Fiji 0.0% compare
- 141 Gabon 0.0% compare
- 141 Greenland 0.0% compare
- 141 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 141 Libya 0.0% compare
- 141 Macao 0.0% compare
- 141 Mauritania 0.0% compare
- 141 Paraguay 0.0% compare
- 141 Saint Helena 0.0% compare
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% compare
- 141 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% compare
- 141 Samoa 0.0% compare
- 141 Sierra Leone 0.0% compare
- 141 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% compare
- 141 South Sudan 0.0% compare
- 141 Sudan 0.0% compare
- 141 Suriname 0.0% compare
- 141 Togo 0.0% compare
- 141 Tonga 0.0% compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% compare
- 141 Tunisia 0.0% compare
- 141 Uganda 0.0% compare
- 141 Vanuatu 0.0% compare
More climate change data for Cape Verde
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 527,326 (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Urban population 409,364 (2025)
- Urban population 77.6% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.13 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 16.92 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.13 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.13 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Cape Verde?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from coal in Cape Verde was 0.0% in 1989, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1950.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1960.
- How does Cape Verde rank for share of global co₂ emissions from coal?
- Cape Verde ranks 141st out of 179 countries with data for 1989.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from coal in the same year.