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Australia vs South Korea: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Australia
0.2857 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
South Korea
0.2839 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Australia rank
45th
South Korea rank
46th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Australia
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.2857 kilograms per international-$ against 0.2839 kilograms per international-$ in South Korea, a difference of 0.0018 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 109 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 45th and South Korea ranks 46th 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-$).