Cape Verde vs Mauritius: Carbon intensity of GDP

Cape Verde
0.2903 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2024
Mauritius
0.2967 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
100th
Mauritius rank
98th

Carbon intensity of GDP over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Mauritius
00.250.50.7511.2197019972024

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 0.2967 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.2903 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0064 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 100th and Mauritius ranks 98th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 4 and Mauritius in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Mauritius Difference Ahead
1980s 0.4516 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.2476 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.2041 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Cape Verde
1990s 0.1607 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.3039 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.1432 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Mauritius
2000s 0.4086 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.3691 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.0395 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Cape Verde
2010s 0.4455 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.3308 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.1147 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Cape Verde
2020s 0.3305 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.3064 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.0241 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon intensity of gdp, Cape Verde or Mauritius?
Mauritius, at 0.2967 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.2903 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon intensity of gdp between Cape Verde and Mauritius?
0.0064 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Mauritius?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Mauritius rank globally for carbon intensity of gdp?
Cape Verde ranks 100th and Mauritius ranks 98th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cape Verde vs Mauritius: Carbon intensity of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-of-gdp-kg-co2e-per-constant-2015-us-of-gdp/cabo-verde/mauritius/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-of-gdp-kg-co2e-per-constant-2015-us-of-gdp/cabo-verde/mauritius/">Cape Verde vs Mauritius: Carbon intensity of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
Unit
kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 12,443 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in constant 2021 US$.