Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Gabon

Greenhouse gas emissions in Gabon were 8.6 t CO2e per person in 2024.

Measure: Greenhouse gas emissions per person (EDGAR) Unit: Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Gabon, 2024 8.6 Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person
Change from 2023 −1.1% 2023: 8.7 t CO2e per person
World, 2024 6.4 t CO2e per person Official aggregate
Position in 2024 42nd of 203 See the full ranking

Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Gabon over time

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Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Greenhouse gas emissions per person (EDGAR) (tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person), 2000 to 2024
Period GabonWorld
2024 8.6 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2023 8.7 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2022 8.2 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2021 8.1 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2020 8.6 t CO2e per person 6.1 t CO2e per person
2019 8.9 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2018 8.3 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2017 9.1 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2016 10.2 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2015 10.5 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2014 10.4 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2013 10.6 t CO2e per person 6.5 t CO2e per person
2012 11.1 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2011 11.6 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2010 12.2 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2009 12.3 t CO2e per person 6.1 t CO2e per person
2008 13.1 t CO2e per person 6.2 t CO2e per person
2007 12.6 t CO2e per person 6.2 t CO2e per person
2006 15.0 t CO2e per person 6.1 t CO2e per person
2005 18.0 t CO2e per person 6.0 t CO2e per person
2004 19.6 t CO2e per person 5.9 t CO2e per person
2003 21.8 t CO2e per person 5.8 t CO2e per person
2002 20.1 t CO2e per person 5.6 t CO2e per person
2001 21.4 t CO2e per person 5.6 t CO2e per person
2000 21.9 t CO2e per person 5.6 t CO2e per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.1% from 8.7 t CO2e per person in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 10.4 t CO2e per person, the figure has changed by −17.4%.
  • Among the 203 countries with data for 2024, Gabon has the 42nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 6.4 t CO2e per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Gabon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database