Cape Verde vs Guinea-Bissau: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total

Cape Verde
315.36 thousand metric tons
in 2009
Guinea-Bissau
293.36 thousand metric tons
in 2009
Cape Verde rank
46th
Guinea-Bissau rank
47th

CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Guinea-Bissau
0100200300196019842009

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 315.36 thousand metric tons against 293.36 thousand metric tons in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 22 thousand metric tons.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 46th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 47th of 51 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1960s 23.84 thousand metric tons 49.5 thousand metric tons 25.67 thousand metric tons Guinea-Bissau
1970s 94.24 thousand metric tons 94.61 thousand metric tons 0.3667 thousand metric tons Guinea-Bissau
1980s 68.94 thousand metric tons 173.45 thousand metric tons 104.51 thousand metric tons Guinea-Bissau
1990s 121.74 thousand metric tons 266.59 thousand metric tons 144.85 thousand metric tons Guinea-Bissau
2000s 269.52 thousand metric tons 251.19 thousand metric tons 18.33 thousand metric tons Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total, Cape Verde or Guinea-Bissau?
Cape Verde, at 315.36 thousand metric tons against 293.36 thousand metric tons in Guinea-Bissau as of 2009.
What is the difference in co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total between Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau?
22 thousand metric tons, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
How do Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total?
Cape Verde ranks 46th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 47th 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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Indicator
CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total (thousand metric tons)
Unit
thousand metric tons
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
57 places, 2,749 data points, 1960–2009
Last refreshed

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.