CO₂ emissions per capita: Cape Verde
1.1312839 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1312839 |
| 2023 | 1.094112 |
| 2022 | 1.1498797 |
| 2021 | 1.1417755 |
| 2020 | 1.0108902 |
| 2019 | 1.225809 |
| 2018 | 1.1132917 |
| 2017 | 1.1144183 |
| 2016 | 1.0365306 |
| 2015 | 0.9653302 |
| 2014 | 0.95831233 |
| 2013 | 0.96565807 |
| 2012 | 0.98047143 |
| 2011 | 1.2035358 |
| 2010 | 1.0924591 |
| 2009 | 1.0351754 |
| 2008 | 0.94274396 |
| 2007 | 1.0190166 |
| 2006 | 1.0079719 |
| 2005 | 0.9214228 |
| 2004 | 0.8942607 |
| 2003 | 0.87462187 |
| 2002 | 0.82371277 |
| 2001 | 0.75620246 |
| 2000 | 0.65466815 |
| 1999 | 0.6400315 |
| 1998 | 0.5498637 |
| 1997 | 0.52487624 |
| 1996 | 0.5165511 |
| 1995 | 0.4732084 |
| 1994 | 0.4287156 |
| 1993 | 0.41928768 |
| 1992 | 0.45633996 |
| 1991 | 0.42870182 |
| 1990 | 0.4782054 |
| 1989 | 0.21915068 |
| 1988 | 0.20224154 |
| 1987 | 0.22559808 |
| 1986 | 0.16639371 |
| 1985 | 0.24260011 |
| 1984 | 0.24604173 |
| 1983 | 0.1085112 |
| 1982 | 0.11011965 |
| 1981 | 0.10057982 |
| 1980 | 0.37398162 |
| 1979 | 0.7798551 |
| 1978 | 0.6596028 |
| 1977 | 0.2576628 |
| 1976 | 0.23679806 |
| 1975 | 0.25157183 |
| 1974 | 0.21796694 |
| 1973 | 0.20750609 |
| 1972 | 0.17238759 |
| 1971 | 0.12450179 |
| 1970 | 0.12706369 |
| 1969 | 0.13099544 |
| 1968 | 0.108382806 |
| 1967 | 0.07008175 |
| 1966 | 0.08689706 |
| 1965 | 0.1045012 |
| 1964 | 0.12342153 |
| 1963 | 0.06376152 |
| 1962 | 0.082413375 |
| 1961 | 0.10206653 |
| 1960 | 0.10452593 |
| 1959 | 0.08862851 |
| 1958 | 0.072161496 |
| 1957 | 0.091462806 |
| 1956 | 0.14814815 |
| 1955 | 0.11238 |
| 1954 | 0.113578945 |
| 1953 | 0.09563583 |
| 1952 | 0.19340706 |
| 1951 | 0.4110081 |
| 1950 | 0.5545933 |