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India vs United States: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

India
0.2702 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
United States
0.2593 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
India rank
50th
United States rank
52nd

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • India
  • United States
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How they compare

India currently reports 0.2702 kilograms per international-$ against 0.2593 kilograms per international-$ in United States, a difference of 0.0109 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 140 shared years of data; in 1861 it was United States ahead.

India ranks 50th and United States ranks 52nd 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-$).