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

Malawi
0.0681 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Uganda
0.0601 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Malawi rank
160th
Uganda rank
163rd

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Malawi
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.0681 kilograms per international-$ against 0.0601 kilograms per international-$ in Uganda, a difference of 0.008 kilograms per international-$.

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

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

Malawi ranks 160th and Uganda ranks 163rd 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-$).