Sao Tome and Principe

CO₂ from fossil fuels and industry in Sao Tome and Principe, 2022.

2022 at a glance

Total: 0.136 million tonnes164th of 164 countries in 2022
Per person: 0.599 tonnes131st of 164 countries in 2022
Per unit of GDP: 0.164 kg per international dollar (2011 prices, PPP)100th of 164 countries in 2022

In 2024, the latest year with a total, Sao Tome and Principe emitted 0.142 million tonnes.

The trend

CO2 emissions, Sao Tome and Principe, 1951 to 2024

CO2 from fossil fuels and industry in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.142 million tonnes in 2024, 198% more than in 1990. The highest yearly total between 1951 and 2024 was 0.147 million tonnes, in 2016.

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Every fifth year and the latest
Year	Million tonnes
1955	0.00366
1960	0.011
1965	0.011
1970	0.0147
1975	0.0183
1980	0.0403
1985	0.055
1990	0.0476
1995	0.0476
2000	0.0513
2005	0.0769
2010	0.106
2015	0.136
2020	0.143
2024	0.142

By source, 2022

CO2 by source, Sao Tome and Principe, 2022, million tonnes
Source	Million tonnes
Oil	0.136
Cement	0
Gas flaring	0

Sources

Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (owid-co2-data.csv): countries from 1950. Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions), based on the Global Carbon Budget (2025), the Maddison Project Database 2023 (Bolt and van Zanden) and OWID's population series. Retrieved 16 October 2026. Terms. Trimmed from the published file.

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