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🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Population 1.89 Million, Africa.  Read key messages

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  • Emissions: Equatorial Guinea emitted around 11.8 megatonnes CO2e in 2024, around 0.02% of the global total.
  • Per person: Emissions were around 6.2 tonnes per person per year in 2024, rated high on a scale where any level above zero adds warming.
  • Trend: Emissions fell by around 3.73% a year over the ten years to 2024, slightly slower than the 4% yearly decline the world needs to achieve Net Zero in 2050 and limit warming to around 1.7 °C.
  • What drives it: CO2 made up around 76% of emissions, methane 21%, F-gases 2.5% and nitrous oxide 0.44%.
  • Historic responsibility: Since 1851, Equatorial Guinea's emissions have produced around 839 megatonnes CO2e of warming impact, around 0.02% of the global total, or around 13.2 tonnes per person per year, rated extremely high.
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 Most recent data from Global Carbon Project, Our World in Data, PRIMAP-hist