Botswana vs Equatorial Guinea: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total
CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total over time
- Botswana
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4,815 thousand metric tons against 4,430 thousand metric tons in Botswana, a difference of 385 thousand metric tons.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Botswana ranks 19th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th of 51 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 437.29 thousand metric tons | 60.96 thousand metric tons | 376.33 thousand metric tons | Botswana |
| 1980s | 1,258 thousand metric tons | 81.41 thousand metric tons | 1,177 thousand metric tons | Botswana |
| 1990s | 3,190 thousand metric tons | 186.28 thousand metric tons | 3,003 thousand metric tons | Botswana |
| 2000s | 4,506 thousand metric tons | 4,366 thousand metric tons | 140.08 thousand metric tons | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total, Botswana or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 4,815 thousand metric tons against 4,430 thousand metric tons in Botswana as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total between Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 385 thousand metric tons, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2009.
- How do Botswana and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total?
- Botswana ranks 19th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total (thousand metric tons). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring). The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set). Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide). Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds. Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values. Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections. Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries. The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.