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economic2026

Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•191 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.2indicator value
Median: 0.1indicator value
Countries Covered
191
with available data
Highest
Palau
4.5indicator value
Lowest
Tuvalu
0.0indicator value
Top 5 Countries
1Palau4.5indicator value
2Libya0.7indicator value
3Trinidad and Tobago0.6indicator value
4Turkmenistan0.6indicator value
5Islamic Republic of Iran0.5indicator value
By Region
Asia0.2indicator value(25 countries)
Other0.2indicator value(113 countries)
Oceania0.2indicator value(2 countries)
North America0.2indicator value(4 countries)
Africa0.2indicator value(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0indicator value)High (4.5indicator value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.2indicator value)

Asia (25)
Other (113)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Europe (31)

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

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Palau4.5indicator value
2Libya0.7indicator value
3Trinidad and Tobago0.6indicator value
4Turkmenistan0.6indicator value
5Islamic Republic of Iran0.5indicator value
6Oman0.5indicator value
7Kuwait0.5indicator value
8South Africa0.5indicator value
9Mongolia0.5indicator value
10Qatar0.4indicator value
11Iraq0.4indicator value
12Bahrain0.4indicator value
13People's Republic of China0.4indicator value
14Lao People's Democratic Republic0.4indicator value
15Uzbekistan0.4indicator value
16Kazakhstan0.3indicator value
17Russian Federation0.3indicator value
18Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3indicator value
19Syrian Arab Republic0.3indicator value
20Vietnam0.3indicator value
21Saudi Arabia0.3indicator value
22United Arab Emirates0.3indicator value
23Algeria0.3indicator value
24Brunei Darussalam0.3indicator value
25Jamaica0.3indicator value
26Seychelles0.2indicator value
27Malaysia0.2indicator value
28Canada0.2indicator value
29Australia0.2indicator value
30Sudan0.2indicator value
31India0.2indicator value
32Tonga0.2indicator value
33Vanuatu0.2indicator value
34Republic of the Congo0.2indicator value
35Suriname0.2indicator value
36Samoa0.2indicator value
37Moldova, Republic of0.2indicator value
38Kyrgyzstan0.2indicator value
39South Korea0.2indicator value
40Tunisia0.2indicator value
41Ukraine0.2indicator value
42Belarus0.2indicator value
43Bolivia0.2indicator value
44Jordan0.2indicator value
45Indonesia0.2indicator value
46Morocco0.2indicator value
47Mozambique0.2indicator value
48Tajikistan0.2indicator value
49Ecuador0.2indicator value
50Estonia0.2indicator value
51Lebanon0.2indicator value
52Thailand0.2indicator value
53Kiribati0.2indicator value
54United States of America0.2indicator value
55Azerbaijan0.2indicator value
56Honduras0.2indicator value
57Senegal0.2indicator value
58Equatorial Guinea0.2indicator value
59Poland0.2indicator value
60Mexico0.2indicator value
61The Republic of North Macedonia0.2indicator value
62Japan0.2indicator value
63Solomon Islands0.2indicator value
64Lesotho0.2indicator value
65Cambodia0.2indicator value
66Bulgaria0.2indicator value
67Maldives0.2indicator value
68Botswana0.2indicator value
69Argentina0.1indicator value
70Mauritania0.1indicator value
71Egypt0.1indicator value
72Türkiye0.1indicator value
73Czech Republic0.1indicator value
74Zimbabwe0.1indicator value
75Pakistan0.1indicator value
76Turks and Caicos Islands0.1indicator value
77Zambia0.1indicator value
78Georgia0.1indicator value
79Philippines0.1indicator value
80Comoros0.1indicator value
81Greenland0.1indicator value
82Afghanistan0.1indicator value
83Cyprus0.1indicator value
84Slovakia0.1indicator value
85Malawi0.1indicator value
86Greece0.1indicator value
87Cape Verde0.1indicator value
88Chile0.1indicator value
89Antigua and Barbuda0.1indicator value
90El Salvador0.1indicator value
91Bhutan0.1indicator value
92Peru0.1indicator value
93Slovenia0.1indicator value
94Timor-Leste0.1indicator value
95Mauritius0.1indicator value
96Benin0.1indicator value
97Iceland0.1indicator value
98New Zealand0.1indicator value
99Dominican Republic0.1indicator value
100Armenia0.1indicator value
101Israel0.1indicator value
102Papua New Guinea0.1indicator value
103Fiji0.1indicator value
104Brazil0.1indicator value
105Namibia0.1indicator value
106Barbados0.1indicator value
107Belgium0.1indicator value
108Sao Tome and Principe0.1indicator value
109Aruba0.1indicator value
110Croatia0.1indicator value
111Djibouti0.1indicator value
112Germany0.1indicator value
113Hungary0.1indicator value
114Myanmar0.1indicator value
115Puerto Rico0.1indicator value
116Nicaragua0.1indicator value
117Gabon0.1indicator value
118Burkina Faso0.1indicator value
119Haiti0.1indicator value
120Nepal0.1indicator value
121Mali0.1indicator value
122Bahamas0.1indicator value
123Ghana0.1indicator value
124Austria0.1indicator value
125Finland0.1indicator value
126Colombia0.1indicator value
127Latvia0.1indicator value
128Italy0.1indicator value
129Lithuania0.1indicator value
130Saint Kitts and Nevis0.1indicator value
131Liberia0.1indicator value
132Netherlands0.1indicator value
133Togo0.1indicator value
134Spain0.1indicator value
135Romania0.1indicator value
136Madagascar0.1indicator value
137Guinea0.1indicator value
138Guatemala0.1indicator value
139Cote d'Ivoire0.1indicator value
140United Republic of Tanzania0.1indicator value
141Grenada0.1indicator value
142Eswatini0.1indicator value
143Angola0.1indicator value
144Bangladesh0.1indicator value
145Albania0.1indicator value
146Luxembourg0.1indicator value
147Uruguay0.1indicator value
148United Kingdom0.1indicator value
149Portugal0.1indicator value
150Sri Lanka0.1indicator value
151Norway0.1indicator value
152Panama0.1indicator value
153Belize0.1indicator value
154France0.1indicator value
155Singapore0.1indicator value
156Cameroon0.1indicator value
157Nigeria0.1indicator value
158Paraguay0.1indicator value
159Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.1indicator value
160Hong Kong0.1indicator value
161Saint Lucia0.1indicator value
162Dominica0.1indicator value
163Niger0.1indicator value
164Burundi0.1indicator value
165Kenya0.1indicator value
166Guyana0.1indicator value
167Cayman Islands0.1indicator value
168Denmark0.1indicator value
169Costa Rica0.1indicator value
170Chad0.1indicator value
171Republic of The Gambia0.1indicator value
172Uganda0.1indicator value
173Guinea-Bissau0.1indicator value
174Sweden0.1indicator value
175Central African Republic0.1indicator value
176Sierra Leone0.1indicator value
177Malta0.1indicator value
178Ireland0.1indicator value
179Ethiopia0.1indicator value
180Rwanda0.0indicator value
181Switzerland0.0indicator value
182Bermuda0.0indicator value
183Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0indicator value
184Somalia0.0indicator value
185Macao0.0indicator value
186Faroe Islands0.0indicator value
187Micronesia, Federated States of0.0indicator value
188Marshall Islands0.0indicator value
189Virgin Islands, U.S.0.0indicator value
190Nauru0.0indicator value
191Tuvalu0.0indicator value
Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#economic#indicator value#carbon#intensity#gdp#co2e#per#2021#ppp

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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