Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon
Cameroon: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global 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 %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon stood at 0.1%.
That represents a change of down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon peaked at 0.3% in 1958 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1992.
Cameroon ranks 88th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 85 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% compare
- 86 Ecuador 0.1% compare
- 87 Dominican Republic 0.1% compare
- 89 Greece 0.1% compare
- 91 Switzerland 0.1% compare
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 share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Cameroon was 0.1% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 1958.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1992.
- How does Cameroon rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Cameroon ranks 88th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured as a percentage of global total emissions of CO₂ in the same year.