Cuba vs Senegal: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Cuba

290.07 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Senegal

282.09 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Cuba rank

20th

Senegal rank

22nd

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

Cuba
Senegal

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 290.07 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 282.09 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Senegal, a difference of 7.98 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Senegal ahead.

Cuba ranks 20th and Senegal ranks 22nd of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
Unit: grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.