CO2 emissions, in Cabo Verde in 2013, have fallen 0.023 megatons, 3.06% compared to 2012.
CO2 emissions in 2013 were 0.728 megatons, making Cabo Verde is in the group of low-polluting countries, mainly due to its small population, within the ranking of countries for CO2 emissions, made up of 184 countries, in which the countries are ranked from least to most pollutant.
In addition to its total emissions of CO2 into the atmospher, which logically depend, among other variables, on the country's population, it is convenient to analyze the behavior of its emissions per inhabitant. In the table we see that per capita CO2 emissions in Cabo Verde, have decreased in 2013, in which they have been 1.4 tons per inhabitant.
If you look at evolution f CO2 emissions per 1000 dollars of GDP, which measures, for the same country, the "environmental efficiency" with which it is produced over time. In the last period, Cabo Verde, has emitted 0.2 kilos for every $ 1,000 of GDP, a lower figure than in 2012.
In the table we can see the evolution of CO2 emissions, which have doubled in the last ten years, as have per capita emissions and as well as CO2 emissions per $ 1,000 of GDP.
However, in the last five years, total emissions have decreased in Cabo Verde, as have emissions per capita, then the situation is improving.
Click on the following link to see the ranking of CO2 emissions by countries and in the Economy of Cabo Verde to see all the information we publish about Cabo Verde.