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Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2021 US$ of GDP)

Name: Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2021 US$ of GDP)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: environmental, kg co2e per 2021 constant us$ of gdp, carbon, intensity, gdp, co2e, per, constant, 2021

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•200 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

Median: 0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

Countries Covered

200

with available data

Highest

Palau

5.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

Lowest

Tuvalu

0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

Top 5 Countries

1Palau5.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

2Venezuela2.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

3Syrian Arab Republic1.9kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

4Mongolia1.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

5Islamic Republic of Iran1.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

By Region

Asia0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP(26 countries)

Africa0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP(9 countries)

Other0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP(121 countries)

South America0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP(7 countries)

North America0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP)High (5.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP)

Asia (26)

Africa (9)

Other (121)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Europe (31)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Palau	5.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
2	Venezuela	2.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
3	Syrian Arab Republic	1.9kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
4	Mongolia	1.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
5	Islamic Republic of Iran	1.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
6	Ukraine	1.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
7	Turkmenistan	1.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
8	Iraq	1.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
9	Russian Federation	1.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
10	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
11	South Africa	1.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
12	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
13	Libya	1.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
14	Oman	1.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
15	Vietnam	1.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
16	Kazakhstan	1.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
17	Kyrgyzstan	1.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
18	Kuwait	1.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
20	Bahrain	0.9kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
21	India	0.9kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
22	Uzbekistan	0.9kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
23	Moldova, Republic of	0.9kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
24	Belarus	0.9kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
25	Algeria	0.8kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
26	Republic of the Congo	0.8kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
27	Qatar	0.8kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
28	Afghanistan	0.8kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
29	Bolivia	0.8kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
30	Sudan	0.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
31	Saudi Arabia	0.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
32	People's Republic of China	0.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
33	Malaysia	0.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
34	Brunei Darussalam	0.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
35	Indonesia	0.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
36	Tunisia	0.7kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
37	Azerbaijan	0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
38	Tajikistan	0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
39	Egypt	0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
40	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
41	Thailand	0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
42	Mauritania	0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
43	Suriname	0.6kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
44	Zimbabwe	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
45	Bhutan	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
46	Georgia	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
47	Bulgaria	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
48	New Caledonia	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
49	Equatorial Guinea	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
50	Morocco	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
51	Senegal	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
52	Cambodia	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
53	Myanmar	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
54	Pakistan	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
55	Mozambique	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
56	Jordan	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
57	Jamaica	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
58	Armenia	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
59	Sao Tome and Principe	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
60	Nepal	0.5kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
61	Ecuador	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
62	Honduras	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
63	United Arab Emirates	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
64	Seychelles	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
65	Timor-Leste	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
66	Lesotho	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
67	Poland	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
68	Zambia	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
69	Malawi	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
70	Botswana	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
71	Estonia	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
72	Philippines	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
73	Bangladesh	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
74	Benin	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
75	Comoros	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
76	Nicaragua	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
77	Burkina Faso	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
78	Mexico	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
79	Lebanon	0.4kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
80	Türkiye	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
81	Czech Republic	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
82	Tonga	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
83	Guinea	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
84	Mali	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
85	El Salvador	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
86	Samoa	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
87	Dominican Republic	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
88	Yemen	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
89	Ghana	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
90	Madagascar	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
91	Argentina	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
92	Canada	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
93	Gabon	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
94	South Korea	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
95	Maldives	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
96	Peru	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
97	Namibia	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
98	Romania	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
99	Mauritius	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
100	Togo	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
101	Cape Verde	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
102	Kiribati	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
103	United Republic of Tanzania	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
104	Slovakia	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
105	Eritrea	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
106	Fiji	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
107	Albania	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
108	Croatia	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
109	Vanuatu	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
110	Hungary	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
111	Chile	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
112	Angola	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
113	Colombia	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
114	Cuba	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
115	Haiti	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
116	Burundi	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
117	Sri Lanka	0.3kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
118	Cote d'Ivoire	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
119	Nigeria	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
120	Guatemala	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
121	Brazil	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
122	Slovenia	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
123	Cameroon	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
124	Republic of The Gambia	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
125	Greece	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
126	Lithuania	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
127	Djibouti	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
128	Liberia	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
129	Cyprus	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
130	Australia	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
131	Eswatini	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
132	Latvia	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
133	Solomon Islands	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
134	Antigua and Barbuda	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
135	Japan	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
136	Kenya	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
137	Greenland	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
138	United States of America	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
139	Niger	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
140	Papua New Guinea	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
141	Guinea-Bissau	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
142	Paraguay	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
143	Uganda	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
144	Chad	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
145	Ethiopia	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
146	French Polynesia	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
147	Central African Republic	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
148	Belgium	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
149	Panama	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
150	Germany	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
151	Puerto Rico	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
152	Rwanda	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
153	Spain	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
154	Aruba	0.2kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
155	Grenada	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
156	Sierra Leone	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
157	Belize	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
158	Italy	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
159	Portugal	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
160	New Zealand	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
161	Iceland	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
162	Singapore	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
163	Saint Lucia	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
164	Dominica	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
166	Guyana	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
167	Israel	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
168	Austria	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
169	Uruguay	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
171	Netherlands	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
172	Finland	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
173	Barbados	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
174	Costa Rica	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
175	Bahamas	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
176	Hong Kong	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
177	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
178	Luxembourg	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
179	France	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
180	Somalia	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
181	Malta	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
182	United Kingdom	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
184	Norway	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
185	Denmark	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
186	Sweden	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
187	Ireland	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
188	Cayman Islands	0.1kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
189	Switzerland	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
190	Macao	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
191	Bermuda	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
192	Faroe Islands	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
193	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
194	Marshall Islands	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
195	American Samoa	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
196	Northern Mariana Islands	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
197	Guam	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
198	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
199	Nauru	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP
200	Tuvalu	0.0kg CO2e per 2021 constant US$ of GDP

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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