Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Carbon intensity vs gdp

Malawi
217.64
in 2024
Sri Lanka
217.37
in 2024
Malawi rank
87th
Sri Lanka rank
88th

Carbon intensity vs gdp over time

  • Malawi
  • Sri Lanka
0100200300400196519942024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 217.64 against 217.37 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.27.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 87th and Sri Lanka ranks 88th of 204 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1980s 221.51 175.46 46.05 Malawi
1990s 213.99 183.73 30.26 Malawi
2000s 181.84 215.83 33.99 Sri Lanka
2010s 179.17 218.07 38.9 Sri Lanka
2020s 224.47 220.79 3.67 Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon intensity vs gdp, Malawi or Sri Lanka?
Malawi, at 217.64 against 217.37 in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon intensity vs gdp between Malawi and Sri Lanka?
0.27, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Sri Lanka rank globally for carbon intensity vs gdp?
Malawi ranks 87th and Sri Lanka ranks 88th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity vs gdp. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Carbon intensity vs gdp. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 November 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-vs-gdp/malawi/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-vs-gdp/malawi/sri-lanka/">Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Carbon intensity vs gdp</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity vs gdp
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed