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Iraq vs Laos: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Iraq
0.4125 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Laos
0.4103 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Iraq rank
20th
Laos rank
21st

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Iraq
  • Laos
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.4125 kilograms per international-$ against 0.4103 kilograms per international-$ in Laos, a difference of 0.0022 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 20th and Laos ranks 21st 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-$).