Cameroon vs Zimbabwe: Emissions of air pollutants

Cameroon
68,676 tonnes
in 2022
Zimbabwe
74,017 tonnes
in 2022
Cameroon rank
111th
Zimbabwe rank
109th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Cameroon
  • Zimbabwe
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k175018862022

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 74,017 tonnes against 68,676 tonnes in Cameroon, a difference of 5,341 tonnes.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 111th and Zimbabwe ranks 109th 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.