Poland vs Rwanda: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Poland

257.67 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Rwanda

258.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Poland rank

40th

Rwanda rank

39th

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

Poland
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 258.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 257.67 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Poland, a difference of 0.955 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

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

Poland ranks 40th and Rwanda ranks 39th 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.