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Malawi vs Sweden: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Malawi
0.0681 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Sweden
0.0735 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Malawi rank
160th
Sweden rank
157th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Malawi
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.0735 kilograms per international-$ against 0.0681 kilograms per international-$ in Malawi, a difference of 0.0055 kilograms per international-$.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

Across all 73 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 160th and Sweden ranks 157th 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-$).