Iceland vs Taiwan: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Iceland
0.2246 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Taiwan
0.2196 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Iceland rank
63rd
Taiwan rank
66th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Iceland
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.2246 kilograms per international-$ against 0.2196 kilograms per international-$ in Taiwan, a difference of 0.005 kilograms per international-$.

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

Iceland ranks 63rd and Taiwan ranks 66th 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-$).