Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita in Guinea
Guinea: Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita was 0.0878 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita in Guinea, 1990–2024
Source: Joint Research Centre (European Commission) and International Energy Agency (IEA), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 0.0878 for carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita in Guinea peaked at 0.1111 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0508, in 1997.
That places Guinea 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita in Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0699 | — |
| 1991 | 0.0664 | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0575 | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0564 | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0551 | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0537 | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0532 | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0508 | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 0.051 | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0514 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0735 | +43.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0765 | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0784 | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.082 | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0815 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0758 | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0793 | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0776 | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0792 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.085 | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0931 | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0931 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0832 | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0724 | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 0.073 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0849 | +16.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0863 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0792 | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0852 | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1038 | +21.8% |
| 2020 | 0.1111 | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0991 | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 0.098 | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0894 | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0878 | -1.7% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 0.0878 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1448, 61% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 0.0878 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0966, 91% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita in Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +43.0% | 0.0514 | 0.0735 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0565 | 0.0508 | 0.0699 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0789 | 0.0735 | 0.085 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0854 | 0.0724 | 0.1038 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0971 | 0.0878 | 0.1111 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More climate change data for Guinea
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 17.82 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 11,342 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,691 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 7,651 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 13.93 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 273.25 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,693 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 539.17 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,154 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.03 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita in Guinea?
- Carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita in Guinea was 0.0878 in 2024, according to Joint Research Centre (European Commission) and International Energy Agency (IEA), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1111 in 2020.
- What is the lowest carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0508 in 1997.
- How does Guinea rank for carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita?
- Guinea ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carbon emission intensity vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Joint Research Centre (European Commission) and International Energy Agency (IEA), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Carbon emission intensity is measured in kilograms of CO₂ per dollar of GDP. Emissions from fossil fuels and industry are included, but land-use change emissions are not. GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.