CO₂ emissions per capita: Sao Tome and Principe
0.6019113 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1951 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 | 0.6019113 |
| 2023 | 0.6056687 |
| 2022 | 0.59902877 |
| 2021 | 0.64374816 |
| 2020 | 0.6571442 |
| 2019 | 0.6867693 |
| 2018 | 0.662385 |
| 2017 | 0.67266387 |
| 2016 | 0.71948236 |
| 2015 | 0.67679775 |
| 2014 | 0.6516923 |
| 2013 | 0.56906784 |
| 2012 | 0.5801997 |
| 2011 | 0.53283066 |
| 2010 | 0.5844343 |
| 2009 | 0.51499444 |
| 2008 | 0.48485684 |
| 2007 | 0.47497776 |
| 2006 | 0.48661342 |
| 2005 | 0.47599134 |
| 2004 | 0.4646179 |
| 2003 | 0.40493032 |
| 2002 | 0.36656618 |
| 2001 | 0.35041603 |
| 2000 | 0.3561505 |
| 1999 | 0.33435586 |
| 1998 | 0.33837956 |
| 1997 | 0.3428366 |
| 1996 | 0.34774482 |
| 1995 | 0.3530781 |
| 1994 | 0.3588233 |
| 1993 | 0.3650577 |
| 1992 | 0.37175614 |
| 1991 | 0.37890083 |
| 1990 | 0.3872741 |
| 1989 | 0.39696643 |
| 1988 | 0.40726775 |
| 1987 | 0.45022556 |
| 1986 | 0.4614485 |
| 1985 | 0.505756 |
| 1984 | 0.48205996 |
| 1983 | 0.5264519 |
| 1982 | 0.46457553 |
| 1981 | 0.4369317 |
| 1980 | 0.40891612 |
| 1979 | 0.34255084 |
| 1978 | 0.35152277 |
| 1977 | 0.3209952 |
| 1976 | 0.3295742 |
| 1975 | 0.21124974 |
| 1974 | 0.21633111 |
| 1973 | 0.17697063 |
| 1972 | 0.13560158 |
| 1971 | 0.13852377 |
| 1970 | 0.18877111 |
| 1969 | 0.19259882 |
| 1968 | 0.19598037 |
| 1967 | 0.14932753 |
| 1966 | 0.15141748 |
| 1965 | 0.15332468 |
| 1964 | 0.15507682 |
| 1963 | 0.10448719 |
| 1962 | 0.15833597 |
| 1961 | 0.15994412 |
| 1960 | 0.16158053 |
| 1959 | 0.10887588 |
| 1958 | 0.110071346 |
| 1957 | 0.16683362 |
| 1956 | 0.112322 |
| 1955 | 0.05670247 |
| 1954 | 0.05724642 |
| 1953 | 0.057839237 |
| 1952 | 0.058520067 |
| 1951 | 0.059304338 |