Cape Verde vs Eritrea: Emissions of air pollutants

Cape Verde
16,204 tonnes
in 2022
Eritrea
17,145 tonnes
in 2022
Cape Verde rank
169th
Eritrea rank
166th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Eritrea
010.0k20.0k30.0k175018862022

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 17,145 tonnes against 16,204 tonnes in Cape Verde, a difference of 941.1 tonnes.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Eritrea ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 169th and Eritrea ranks 166th of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
Last refreshed

Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.