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South Korea vs Qatar: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

South Korea
0.2839 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Qatar
0.2871 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
South Korea rank
46th
Qatar rank
44th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • South Korea
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 0.2871 kilograms per international-$ against 0.2839 kilograms per international-$ in South Korea, a difference of 0.0032 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Qatar ahead.

South Korea ranks 46th and Qatar ranks 44th 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
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Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).