Kenya vs Uruguay: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Kenya
0.1079 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Uruguay
0.1086 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Kenya rank
145th
Uruguay rank
144th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Kenya
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.1086 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1079 kilograms per international-$ in Kenya, a difference of 0.0007 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.

Kenya ranks 145th and Uruguay ranks 144th 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-$).