Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) by country

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in constant 2021 US$.

Countries reporting
199
Highest
5.65 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
Palau
Lowest
0 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
Tuvalu
Median
0.2903 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
12,443

What the numbers show

Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 5.65 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Palau; the lowest is 0 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2903 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.4282 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 277.9%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 71.6%).

Carbon intensity of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palau 5.65 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 16.2% falling
2 Venezuela 2.26 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 57.3% rising
3 Syria 1.94 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2022 up 8.8% rising
4 Mongolia 1.7 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.4% falling
5 Iran 1.55 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.2% rising
6 Ukraine 1.5 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.7% falling
7 Turkmenistan 1.32 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.8% falling
8 Iraq 1.24 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 45.7% falling
9 Russia 1.24 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.5% falling
10 Laos 1.23 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 277.9% volatile
11 South Africa 1.2 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.4% falling
12 Trinidad and Tobago 1.2 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.0% rising
13 Libya 1.13 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.5% rising
14 Oman 1.08 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 7.4% volatile
15 Vietnam 1.06 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 32.9% rising
16 Kazakhstan 1.06 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.2% falling
17 Kyrgyzstan 1.05 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.4% volatile
18 Kuwait 0.9806 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 21.0% rising
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9559 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.7% volatile
20 Bahrain 0.9233 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.0% flat
21 India 0.9184 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.1% falling
22 Uzbekistan 0.9123 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.1% falling
23 Moldova 0.8862 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.8% falling
24 Belarus 0.8712 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.1% falling
25 Algeria 0.8353 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.1% rising
26 Congo 0.7988 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 87.4% volatile
27 Qatar 0.7586 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 5.7% falling
28 Afghanistan 0.7559 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 79.1% volatile
29 Bolivia 0.7521 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 21.6% rising
30 Sudan 0.7494 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 105.4% rising
31 Saudi Arabia 0.7358 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.8% rising
32 China 0.71 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.2% volatile
33 Malaysia 0.7004 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.1% falling
34 Brunei 0.6847 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.6% rising
35 Indonesia 0.6559 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.6% rising
36 Tunisia 0.6543 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.8% falling
37 Azerbaijan 0.6486 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.9% volatile
38 Tajikistan 0.6165 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.9% falling
39 Egypt 0.6048 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.1% falling
40 North Macedonia 0.6034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.0% falling
41 Thailand 0.5985 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.5% rising
42 Mauritania 0.5727 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 25.2% rising
43 Suriname 0.5604 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.5% rising
44 Zimbabwe 0.5455 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.0% falling
45 Bhutan 0.541 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.7% rising
46 Georgia 0.5347 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.0% volatile
47 Bulgaria 0.5241 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 45.6% falling
48 Equatorial Guinea 0.5213 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 32.3% volatile
49 Morocco 0.5151 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 8.3% rising
50 Senegal 0.5058 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.8% rising
51 Cambodia 0.5047 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 61.8% volatile
52 Myanmar 0.4967 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 56.0% falling
53 Pakistan 0.4965 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.5% rising
54 Mozambique 0.482 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 25.6% falling
55 Jordan 0.4706 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.7% falling
56 Jamaica 0.4665 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.1% falling
57 Armenia 0.4593 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.5% volatile
58 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4566 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.2% rising
59 Nepal 0.4542 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 44.7% volatile
60 Ecuador 0.4413 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.4% rising
61 Honduras 0.4409 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.3% volatile
62 United Arab Emirates 0.4388 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.0% falling
63 Seychelles 0.4356 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.1% rising
64 East Timor 0.4345 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.4% rising
65 Lesotho 0.4228 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 61.5% rising
66 Poland 0.4195 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.3% falling
67 Zambia 0.4042 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 51.6% falling
68 Malawi 0.4012 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.6% rising
69 Botswana 0.3938 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.7% falling
70 Estonia 0.3865 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 61.1% volatile
71 Philippines 0.3828 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.1% falling
72 Bangladesh 0.3686 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.9% rising
73 Benin 0.3679 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.6% volatile
74 Comoros 0.3672 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 127.0% volatile
75 Nicaragua 0.3623 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.2% rising
76 Burkina Faso 0.3599 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 48.8% rising
77 Mexico 0.3537 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.1% falling
78 Lebanon 0.3516 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.0% falling
79 Turkey 0.3494 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.6% falling
80 Czechia 0.3487 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.4% falling
81 Tonga 0.341 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 12.0% rising
82 Guinea 0.3373 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 20.4% rising
83 Mali 0.3326 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 67.6% volatile
84 El Salvador 0.329 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 10.5% rising
85 Samoa 0.3287 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 8.9% rising
86 Dominican Republic 0.3266 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.2% falling
87 Yemen 0.326 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2018 down 27.2% rising
88 Ghana 0.3231 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 5.4% rising
89 Madagascar 0.3227 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.1% rising
90 Argentina 0.314 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.3% falling
91 Canada 0.3108 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.2% falling
92 Gabon 0.3093 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.7% falling
93 South Korea 0.3067 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.3% falling
94 Maldives 0.3023 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 45.2% volatile
95 Peru 0.3007 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.8% falling
96 Namibia 0.2987 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.3% flat
97 Romania 0.2986 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.8% volatile
98 Mauritius 0.2967 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.8% rising
99 Togo 0.2966 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 6.7% rising
100 Cape Verde 0.2903 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.0% volatile
101 Kiribati 0.2886 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.1% rising
102 Tanzania 0.2865 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.7% rising
103 Slovakia 0.2788 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.5% falling
104 Eritrea 0.2737 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2011 down 23.1% falling
105 Fiji 0.2733 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.5% falling
106 Albania 0.2726 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.1% volatile
107 Croatia 0.2706 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.7% falling
108 Vanuatu 0.2698 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 27.2% flat
109 Hungary 0.2695 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.4% falling
110 Chile 0.2694 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.8% falling
111 Angola 0.265 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.7% falling
112 Colombia 0.2619 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.1% falling
113 Cuba 0.2592 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.6% falling
114 Haiti 0.2585 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 17.3% rising
115 Burundi 0.2566 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 78.6% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 0.2536 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 15.8% falling
117 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2459 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.5% rising
118 Nigeria 0.2439 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.6% falling
119 Guatemala 0.2425 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.3% rising
120 Brazil 0.2423 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.1% flat
121 Slovenia 0.2398 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.2% falling
122 Cameroon 0.2387 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.0% rising
123 Gambia 0.235 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.7% rising
124 Greece 0.2348 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.5% falling
125 Lithuania 0.2338 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.5% volatile
126 Djibouti 0.2327 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.5% falling
127 Liberia 0.2323 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.6% rising
128 Cyprus 0.2303 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.0% falling
129 Australia 0.2293 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.2% falling
130 Eswatini 0.2277 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.0% falling
131 Latvia 0.2227 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.3% volatile
132 Solomon Islands 0.2125 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.0% rising
133 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2075 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 5.2% falling
134 Japan 0.2065 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.8% falling
135 Kenya 0.2063 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.3% falling
136 Greenland 0.206 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2023 down 6.2% volatile
137 United States 0.2038 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.9% falling
138 Niger 0.2018 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.0% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 0.2014 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.9% rising
140 Guinea-Bissau 0.1978 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.1% rising
141 Paraguay 0.1736 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.6% rising
142 Uganda 0.1674 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.2% rising
143 Chad 0.1665 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 67.1% volatile
144 Ethiopia 0.166 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.7% rising
145 French Polynesia 0.1658 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.8% rising
146 Central African Republic 0.1623 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 63.2% rising
147 Belgium 0.1623 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.6% falling
148 Panama 0.1599 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.3% falling
149 Germany 0.1577 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.8% falling
150 Puerto Rico 0.1555 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 41.1% volatile
151 Rwanda 0.1554 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 25.7% rising
152 Spain 0.1541 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.0% falling
153 Aruba 0.1517 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.7% rising
154 Grenada 0.1494 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 27.2% rising
155 Sierra Leone 0.1487 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.5% rising
156 Belize 0.1482 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 54.7% falling
157 Italy 0.1471 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.6% falling
158 Portugal 0.1467 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.7% falling
159 New Zealand 0.1452 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.3% falling
160 Iceland 0.1443 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.0% falling
161 Singapore 0.1431 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.5% falling
162 Saint Lucia 0.1403 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 42.5% rising
163 Dominica 0.1388 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 25.2% rising
164 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1383 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 14.8% rising
165 Guyana 0.138 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 71.6% falling
166 Israel 0.1377 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.1% falling
167 Austria 0.1376 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.8% falling
168 Uruguay 0.135 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 15.2% falling
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.133 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.9% rising
170 Netherlands 0.129 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.4% falling
171 Finland 0.1228 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.3% falling
172 Barbados 0.1125 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 3.1% rising
173 Costa Rica 0.1085 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.6% falling
174 Bahamas 0.1071 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 10.4% volatile
175 Hong Kong 0.1028 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.7% falling
176 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1026 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 4.2% falling
177 Luxembourg 0.1014 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.4% volatile
178 France 0.1009 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.4% falling
179 Somalia 0.0974 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.8% volatile
180 Malta 0.0921 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 59.8% falling
181 United Kingdom 0.0881 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.0% volatile
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0861 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.7% rising
183 Norway 0.086 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.2% falling
184 Denmark 0.0704 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.5% falling
185 Sweden 0.0658 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.1% volatile
186 Ireland 0.0639 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 57.1% volatile
187 Cayman Islands 0.0592 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 16.8% rising
188 Switzerland 0.0403 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.5% falling
189 Macao 0.0398 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.5% falling
190 Bermuda 0.0355 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.8% falling
191 Faroe Islands 0.0006 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.4% falling
192 Micronesia (country) 0.0006 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.0% falling
193 Marshall Islands 0.0005 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.7% volatile
194 American Samoa 0.0002 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2022 down 0.8% rising
195 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0001 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2022 down 8.2% rising
196 Guam 0.0001 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2022 down 2.9% flat
197 United States Virgin Islands 0.0001 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2022 up 2.5% rising
198 Nauru 0 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 flat
198 Tuvalu 0 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
Unit
kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 12,443 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in constant 2021 US$.