Madagascar vs Paraguay: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Madagascar
0.1091 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Paraguay
0.1157 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Madagascar rank
142nd
Paraguay rank
140th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Madagascar
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 0.1157 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1091 kilograms per international-$ in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0066 kilograms per international-$.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 142nd and Paraguay ranks 140th of 164 countries.
Paraguay has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0373 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0414 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0042 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 0.053 kilograms per international-$ | 0.082 kilograms per international-$ | 0.029 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 0.0829 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0968 kilograms per international-$ | 0.014 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 0.0806 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0892 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0086 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 0.0795 kilograms per international-$ | 0.13 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0505 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 0.0748 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1156 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0408 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 0.0943 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1151 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0207 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 0.1106 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1203 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0096 kilograms per international-$ | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp, Madagascar or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 0.1157 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1091 kilograms per international-$ in Madagascar as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between Madagascar and Paraguay?
- 0.0066 kilograms per international-$, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Paraguay?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
- How do Madagascar and Paraguay rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Madagascar ranks 142nd and Paraguay ranks 140th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).