Cape Verde vs Spain: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Cape Verde
0.1406 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Spain
0.1441 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Cape Verde rank
122nd
Spain rank
120th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.1441 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1406 kilograms per international-$ in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0035 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 122nd and Spain ranks 120th 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-$).