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

China
0.4343 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Russia
0.449 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
China rank
19th
Russia rank
16th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • China
  • Russia
00.511.5191119662022

How they compare

Russia currently reports 0.449 kilograms per international-$ against 0.4343 kilograms per international-$ in China, a difference of 0.0147 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Russia ahead.

China ranks 19th and Russia ranks 16th 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
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Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).