THE GLOBAL INDEX #103

CO₂ intensity of GDP2020

Same-year CO2 emissions divided by GDP in constant 2015 US dollars. Emissions in million tonnes are converted to kilograms.

World Bank · calculated

Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024

Economies with data197 / 217No observation: 20

First-ranked country or territoryPalau4.89 kg CO₂e/2015 US$

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kg CO₂e/2015 US$ · 2020

4.89

2.15

2.03

1.66

1.63

1.59

1.39

1.34

1.27

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CO₂ intensity of GDP · 2020 · kg CO₂e/2015 US$
Rank	Country / territory	Value (kg CO₂e/2015 US$)	Year
01	Palau	4.89	2020
02	Venezuela	2.15	2020
03	Ukraine	2.03	2020
04	Syria	2	2020
05	Mongolia	1.66	2020
06	Iran	1.63	2020
07	Turkmenistan	1.59	2020
08	Trinidad & Tobago	1.39	2020
09	South Africa	1.34	2020
10	Kyrgyzstan	1.27	2020
11	Russia	1.25	2020
12	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.24	2020
13	Kazakhstan	1.1	2020
14	Vietnam	1.08	2020
15	Libya	1.06	2020
16	Bahrain	1.06	2020
17	Moldova	1.05	2020
18	Laos	1.05	2020
19	Iraq	1.04	2020
20	Oman	1.02	2020
21	Belarus	0.99	2020
22	Uzbekistan	0.99	2020
23	India	0.93	2020
24	Algeria	0.89	2020
25	Kuwait	0.83	2020
26	Tajikistan	0.82	2020
27	China	0.8	2020
28	Saudi Arabia	0.8	2020
29	Brunei	0.75	2020
30	Congo - Brazzaville	0.75	2020
31	Malaysia	0.73	2020
32	Qatar	0.71	2020
33	Bulgaria	0.71	2020
34	North Macedonia	0.71	2020
35	Azerbaijan	0.69	2020
36	Georgia	0.67	2020
37	Mauritania	0.65	2020
38	Tunisia	0.64	2020
39	Thailand	0.64	2020
40	Pakistan	0.62	2020
41	Egypt	0.6	2020
42	Lebanon	0.59	2020
43	Bhutan	0.59	2020
44	Benin	0.59	2020
45	Suriname	0.59	2020
46	Afghanistan	0.59	2020
47	Morocco	0.59	2020
48	Cambodia	0.58	2020
49	Indonesia	0.58	2020
50	Armenia	0.58	2020
51	Bolivia	0.57	2020
52	Nepal	0.55	2020
53	Poland	0.52	2020
54	United Arab Emirates	0.52	2020
55	Equatorial Guinea	0.51	2020
56	Myanmar (Burma)	0.5	2020
57	Seychelles	0.5	2020
58	São Tomé & Príncipe	0.5	2020
59	Malawi	0.48	2020
60	Zimbabwe	0.47	2020
61	Senegal	0.47	2020
62	Czechia	0.46	2020
63	Jordan	0.46	2020
64	Guyana	0.46	2020
65	Estonia	0.46	2020
66	Sudan	0.44	2020
67	Mozambique	0.44	2020
68	Guinea	0.43	2020
69	Honduras	0.42	2020
70	Botswana	0.41	2020
71	Türkiye	0.41	2020
72	Zambia	0.41	2020
73	Jamaica	0.39	2020
74	Bangladesh	0.39	2020
75	Ecuador	0.39	2020
76	Philippines	0.38	2020
77	Tonga	0.38	2020
78	Mexico	0.37	2020
79	Cape Verde	0.37	2020
80	Burkina Faso	0.37	2020
81	Nicaragua	0.37	2020
82	Ghana	0.37	2020
83	Gabon	0.36	2020
84	Albania	0.36	2020
85	Romania	0.36	2020
86	Mali	0.36	2020
87	South Korea	0.36	2020
88	Chile	0.36	2020
89	Hungary	0.35	2020
90	Togo	0.35	2020
91	Samoa	0.35	2020
92	Namibia	0.34	2020
93	Canada	0.34	2020
94	Slovakia	0.34	2020
95	Lesotho	0.33	2020
96	Dominican Republic	0.33	2020
97	Maldives	0.33	2020
98	Kiribati	0.33	2020
99	Argentina	0.33	2020
100	Croatia	0.32	2020
101	Mauritius	0.31	2020
102	Lithuania	0.29	2020
103	Colombia	0.28	2020
104	Slovenia	0.28	2020
105	El Salvador	0.28	2020
106	Greece	0.28	2020
107	Burundi	0.28	2020
108	Cyprus	0.28	2020
109	Cameroon	0.28	2020
110	Vanuatu	0.27	2020
111	Tanzania	0.27	2020
112	Liberia	0.27	2020
113	Timor-Leste	0.26	2020
114	Australia	0.26	2020
115	Latvia	0.26	2020
116	Madagascar	0.26	2020
117	Brazil	0.25	2020
118	Guatemala	0.25	2020
119	Gambia	0.25	2020
120	Nigeria	0.25	2020
121	Fiji	0.25	2020
122	Peru	0.25	2020
123	Comoros	0.25	2020
124	Sri Lanka	0.24	2020
125	Djibouti	0.24	2020
126	Japan	0.24	2020
127	Antigua & Barbuda	0.24	2020
128	Guinea-Bissau	0.24	2020
129	Haiti	0.23	2020
130	Papua New Guinea	0.23	2020
131	Kenya	0.23	2020
132	Cuba	0.23	2020
133	United States	0.23	2020
134	Côte d’Ivoire	0.22	2020
135	Eswatini	0.22	2020
136	Angola	0.22	2020
137	Solomon Islands	0.21	2020
138	Portugal	0.2	2020
139	Aruba	0.2	2020
140	Ethiopia	0.2	2020
141	Belgium	0.2	2020
142	Paraguay	0.19	2020
143	Greenland	0.19	2020
144	Niger	0.19	2020
145	St. Lucia	0.18	2020
146	Germany	0.18	2020
147	Spain	0.18	2020
148	Panama	0.18	2020
149	Israel	0.18	2020
150	Uganda	0.17	2020
151	Netherlands	0.17	2020
152	New Zealand	0.17	2020
153	Italy	0.17	2020
154	Belize	0.16	2020
155	Austria	0.16	2020
156	Singapore	0.16	2020
157	Iceland	0.16	2020
158	Finland	0.16	2020
159	Central African Republic	0.16	2020
160	Chad	0.16	2020
161	Grenada	0.16	2020
162	Dominica	0.16	2020
163	Sierra Leone	0.15	2020
164	St. Vincent & Grenadines	0.15	2020
165	Turks & Caicos Islands	0.14	2020
166	Barbados	0.14	2020
167	Rwanda	0.14	2020
168	Puerto Rico	0.13	2020
169	St. Kitts & Nevis	0.13	2020
170	French Polynesia	0.13	2020
171	Uruguay	0.12	2020
172	Luxembourg	0.12	2020
173	Bahamas	0.12	2020
174	France	0.12	2020
175	Costa Rica	0.12	2020
176	Malta	0.11	2020
177	United Kingdom	0.11	2020
178	Hong Kong SAR China	0.11	2020
179	Norway	0.1	2020
180	Congo - Kinshasa	0.1	2020
181	Somalia	0.1	2020
182	Macao SAR China	0.1	2020
183	Denmark	0.09	2020
184	Ireland	0.08	2020
185	Sweden	0.07	2020
186	Cayman Islands	0.06	2020
187	Switzerland	0.05	2020
188	Bermuda	0.03	2020
189	Faroe Islands	0	2020
190	Micronesia	0	2020
191	Marshall Islands	0	2020
192	American Samoa	0	2020
193	Northern Mariana Islands	0	2020
194	Guam	0	2020
195	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	2020
196	Nauru	0	2020
196	Tuvalu	0	2020

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No observation (20)

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Source & definition

Indicator definition: Same-year CO2 emissions divided by GDP in constant 2015 US dollars. Emissions in million tonnes are converted to kilograms.
Unit: kg CO₂e/2015 US$
Source & definition: World Bank · calculated · derived:carbon-intensity

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同年排放总量除以固定2015美元 GDP，原始百万吨换算为千克。

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  "definition": "同年排放总量除以固定2015美元 GDP，原始百万吨换算为千克。"
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