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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Sri Lanka: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.0645 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Sri Lanka
0.0721 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
161st
Sri Lanka rank
158th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Sri Lanka
0.050.10.150.2195019862022

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0721 kilograms per international-$ against 0.0645 kilograms per international-$ in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0076 kilograms per international-$.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 161st and Sri Lanka ranks 158th 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-$).