Jordan vs Malawi: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Jordan

215.73 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Malawi

217.64 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Jordan rank

90th

Malawi rank

87th

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

Jordan
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 217.64 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 215.73 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Jordan, a difference of 1.91 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Jordan ranks 90th and Malawi ranks 87th 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.