Which has higher co2 intensity, Kazakhstan or South Africa?

South Africa, at 0.5926 against 0.5447 in Kazakhstan as of 2022.

What is the difference in co2 intensity between Kazakhstan and South Africa?

0.0479, with South Africa ahead.

44 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2022.

Our World in Data, published as Co2 intensity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kazakhstan

0.5447

in 2022

South Africa

0.5926

in 2022

Kazakhstan rank

10th

South Africa rank

9th

South Africa currently reports 0.5926 against 0.5447 in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.0479.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Kazakhstan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 9th of 164 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 3.

Decade	Kazakhstan	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.09	1.06	0.0293	Kazakhstan
1980s	1.34	1.38	0.041	South Africa
1990s	1.28	1.26	0.0193	Kazakhstan
2000s	0.834	0.927	0.093	South Africa
2010s	0.6879	0.6791	0.0088	Kazakhstan
2020s	0.5493	0.6188	0.0695	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher co2 intensity, Kazakhstan or South Africa?: South Africa, at 0.5926 against 0.5447 in Kazakhstan as of 2022.
What is the difference in co2 intensity between Kazakhstan and South Africa?: 0.0479, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and South Africa?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2022.
How do Kazakhstan and South Africa rank globally for co2 intensity?: Kazakhstan ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 9th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Co2 intensity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.