Argentina vs Japan: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Argentina
0.215 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Japan
0.2157 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Argentina rank
71st
Japan rank
70th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Argentina
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.2157 kilograms per international-$ against 0.215 kilograms per international-$ in Argentina, a difference of 0.0007 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 71st and Japan ranks 70th of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).