Iran vs Kazakhstan: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Iran
0.488 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Kazakhstan
0.5447 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Iran rank
13th
Kazakhstan rank
10th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Iran
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 0.5447 kilograms per international-$ against 0.488 kilograms per international-$ in Iran, a difference of 0.0568 kilograms per international-$.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Iran ranks 13th and Kazakhstan ranks 10th 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-$).