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Kuwait vs Zimbabwe: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Kuwait
0.5291 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Zimbabwe
0.4722 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Kuwait rank
12th
Zimbabwe rank
14th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Kuwait
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.5291 kilograms per international-$ against 0.4722 kilograms per international-$ in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0568 kilograms per international-$.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Kuwait ranks 12th and Zimbabwe ranks 14th 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-$).