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China vs Iraq: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

China
0.4343 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Iraq
0.4125 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
China rank
19th
Iraq rank
20th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • China
  • Iraq
00.511.52191119662022

How they compare

China currently reports 0.4343 kilograms per international-$ against 0.4125 kilograms per international-$ in Iraq, a difference of 0.0218 kilograms per international-$.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.

China ranks 19th and Iraq ranks 20th 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-$).