Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) was 0.7574 Mt CO2e in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) in Cameroon, 1970–2024
Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Measured in Mt CO2e.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) in Cameroon is 0.7574 Mt CO2e, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 55.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) in Cameroon peaked at 0.7574 Mt CO2e in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0343 Mt CO2e, in 1972.
Cameroon ranks 106th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Mt CO2e | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0564 Mt CO2e | — |
| 1971 | 0.0564 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0343 Mt CO2e | -39.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0438 Mt CO2e | +27.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0564 Mt CO2e | +28.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1256 Mt CO2e | +122.7% |
| 1976 | 0.116 Mt CO2e | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1631 Mt CO2e | +40.6% |
| 1978 | 0.1725 Mt CO2e | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 0.2228 Mt CO2e | +29.2% |
| 1980 | 0.2511 Mt CO2e | +12.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2728 Mt CO2e | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2849 Mt CO2e | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 0.2848 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.3128 Mt CO2e | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3816 Mt CO2e | +22.0% |
| 1986 | 0.3933 Mt CO2e | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.3902 Mt CO2e | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.4152 Mt CO2e | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 0.6733 Mt CO2e | +62.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6856 Mt CO2e | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6799 Mt CO2e | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.5346 Mt CO2e | -21.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5536 Mt CO2e | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.6201 Mt CO2e | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 0.5664 Mt CO2e | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5316 Mt CO2e | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5598 Mt CO2e | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.614 Mt CO2e | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 0.5515 Mt CO2e | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7035 Mt CO2e | +27.6% |
| 2001 | 0.5969 Mt CO2e | -15.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5328 Mt CO2e | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5729 Mt CO2e | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5379 Mt CO2e | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4842 Mt CO2e | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4086 Mt CO2e | -15.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3768 Mt CO2e | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 0.3635 Mt CO2e | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3604 Mt CO2e | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.3657 Mt CO2e | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4048 Mt CO2e | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4261 Mt CO2e | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4532 Mt CO2e | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4864 Mt CO2e | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 0.5615 Mt CO2e | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 0.568 Mt CO2e | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6163 Mt CO2e | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6503 Mt CO2e | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6692 Mt CO2e | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6855 Mt CO2e | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7048 Mt CO2e | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7242 Mt CO2e | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 0.747 Mt CO2e | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7574 Mt CO2e | +1.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.7574 Mt CO2e is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7584 Mt CO2e, 100% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.7574 Mt CO2e is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2307 Mt CO2e, 3.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +122.7% | 0.0564 Mt CO2e | 0.1256 Mt CO2e |
| 1989 | +62.2% | 0.4152 Mt CO2e | 0.6733 Mt CO2e |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1047 Mt CO2e | 0.0343 Mt CO2e | 0.2228 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.366 Mt CO2e | 0.2511 Mt CO2e | 0.6733 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5897 Mt CO2e | 0.5316 Mt CO2e | 0.6856 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4938 Mt CO2e | 0.3604 Mt CO2e | 0.7035 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5202 Mt CO2e | 0.3657 Mt CO2e | 0.6692 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7238 Mt CO2e | 0.6855 Mt CO2e | 0.7574 Mt CO2e | 5 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
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- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) in Cameroon?
- Carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) in Cameroon was 0.7574 Mt CO2e in 2024, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission.
- What is the highest carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7574 Mt CO2e in 2024.
- What is the lowest carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0343 Mt CO2e in 1972.
- How does Cameroon rank for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy)?
- Cameroon ranks 106th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).