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Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Malawi
0.0681 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Sri Lanka
0.0721 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Malawi rank
160th
Sri Lanka rank
158th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Malawi
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0721 kilograms per international-$ against 0.0681 kilograms per international-$ in Malawi, a difference of 0.0041 kilograms per international-$.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 160th and Sri Lanka ranks 158th 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-$).