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Cabo Verde Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
912,564
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+3.34%
increase
Global Share
0%
Per Capita
1.53
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Cabo Verde were 912,564 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 3.34% over the previous year, representing an increase by 29,524 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 883,040 tons.
  • Per capita: 1.53 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Cabo Verde accounts for 0% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 912,564 676,218 171,136 65,210 1.53 3.34% 0.0017%
2023 883,040 650,816 168,319 63,905 1.5 −2.94% 0.0017%
2022 909,813 680,122 165,895 63,795 1.56 4.27% 0.0018%
2021 872,584 647,933 161,867 62,784 1.52 3.37% 0.0017%
2020 844,170 628,286 154,925 60,958 1.49 −19.67% 0.0017%
2019 1,050,894 837,853 149,692 63,348 1.88 4.69% 0.0021%
2018 1,003,850 796,065 146,513 61,273 1.81 −8.63% 0.0020%
2017 1,098,716 888,062 146,048 64,607 2.01 4.14% 0.0022%
2016 1,055,019 830,449 153,756 70,814 1.96 4.54% 0.0022%
2015 1,009,245 790,830 151,084 67,331 1.89 2.02% 0.0021%
2014 989,283 774,078 148,875 66,331 1.88 4.94% 0.0020%
2013 942,741 731,543 146,710 64,487 1.81 −1.47% 0.0020%
2012 956,803 747,981 144,583 64,239 1.86 −11.43% 0.0020%
2011 1,080,255 871,688 143,114 65,453 2.13 13.01% 0.0023%
2010 955,864 749,828 141,746 64,290 1.9 5.23% 0.0021%
2009 908,336 708,106 137,721 62,509 1.83 −0.97% 0.0021%
2008 917,217 725,421 131,782 60,014 1.87 −2.56% 0.0021%
2007 941,286 748,983 131,348 60,955 1.94 10.13% 0.0022%
2006 854,712 660,635 132,258 61,819 1.78 6.44% 0.0020%
2005 803,006 607,256 132,865 62,885 1.69 38.32% 0.0020%
2004 580,535 389,505 130,659 60,370 1.24 6.74% 0.0015%
2003 543,876 363,207 123,082 57,587 1.18 −10.28% 0.0014%
2002 606,163 361,288 183,877 60,999 1.34 7.15% 0.0017%
2001 565,691 324,829 180,068 60,794 1.27 6.9% 0.0016%
2000 529,157 280,190 183,843 65,124 1.22 54.56% 0.0015%
1999 342,357 97,197 180,758 64,402 0.8 6.21% 0.00098%
1998 322,343 93,161 167,855 61,327 0.77 6.84% 0.00093%
1997 301,709 91,019 157,070 53,621 0.74 5.39% 0.00087%
1996 286,268 91,619 148,311 46,337 0.72 −3.94% 0.00084%
1995 297,997 76,722 154,790 66,485 0.77 10.83% 0.00089%
1994 268,868 76,654 141,795 50,418 0.71 −1.1% 0.00082%
1993 271,857 65,433 145,375 61,049 0.74 1.19% 0.00084%
1992 268,648 67,120 140,524 61,004 0.75 11.8% 0.00083%
1991 240,291 67,697 126,041 46,553 0.69 11.42% 0.00074%
1990 215,668 53,799 120,096 41,773 0.63 11.76% 0.00067%
1989 192,975 69,450 85,641 37,884 0.58 7.65% 0.00060%
1988 179,262 62,497 80,565 36,200 0.54 15.95% 0.00057%
1987 154,608 50,523 71,496 32,589 0.48 20.6% 0.00051%
1986 128,198 34,043 66,074 28,081 0.4 −33.51% 0.00043%
1985 192,812 105,207 61,253 26,352 0.61 3.31% 0.00066%
1984 186,628 105,573 57,316 23,740 0.6 9.69% 0.00065%
1983 170,145 89,603 57,460 23,081 0.56 −2.02% 0.00061%
1982 173,658 81,816 64,287 27,556 0.58 −40.2% 0.00063%
1981 290,394 204,843 60,582 24,969 1 −2.23% 0.0010%
1980 297,003 214,068 58,717 24,218 1.04 −0.24% 0.0010%
1979 297,713 218,140 57,988 21,585 1.05 11.73% 0.0010%
1978 266,459 188,878 57,120 20,460 0.96 2.2% 0.00095%
1977 260,727 185,901 56,233 18,593 0.95 3.19% 0.00096%
1976 252,666 179,537 55,501 17,628 0.92 3.24% 0.00095%
1975 244,728 173,160 54,502 17,067 0.9 2.39% 0.00096%
1974 239,013 166,691 55,441 16,881 0.88 3.48% 0.00094%
1973 230,969 154,403 57,937 18,629 0.85 0.79% 0.00091%
1972 229,148 149,207 61,013 18,928 0.84 1.2% 0.00095%
1971 226,430 149,974 58,872 17,584 0.83 −0.82% 0.00097%
1970 228,293 149,967 60,410 17,917 0.84 0.00098%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).