Carbon intensity vs gdp by country
Countries reporting
204
Highest
654.25
Lesotho
Lowest
0
Antarctica
Median
210.88
Years covered
60
1965–2024
Data points
9,804
What the numbers show
Carbon intensity vs gdp is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 654.25 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0 in Antarctica.
The median across all reporting countries is 210.88, and the mean is 214.65.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 148.4%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 69.2%).
Carbon intensity vs gdp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 654.25 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 2 | Mongolia | 581.69 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 3 | Haiti | 418.97 | 2024 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 376.29 | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 5 | Chad | 364.62 | 2024 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 6 | Congo | 361.81 | 2024 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Nepal | 356.51 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 8 | Comoros | 349.51 | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 9 | Gambia | 348.91 | 2024 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 10 | Iraq | 347.57 | 2024 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 334.54 | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 12 | North Korea | 323.31 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 13 | Gabon | 314.4 | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 14 | South Africa | 313.63 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 15 | Suriname | 303.34 | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 16 | Botswana | 301.67 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 17 | Maldives | 297.4 | 2024 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 18 | India | 296.16 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 294.73 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 20 | Cuba | 290.07 | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 21 | Laos | 288.44 | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 282.09 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 23 | China | 278.62 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 24 | Madagascar | 275.85 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 25 | Sudan | 275.23 | 2024 | up 52.8% | flat |
| 26 | Cameroon | 274.96 | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 274.4 | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 28 | Guyana | 274.24 | 2024 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 29 | Syria | 272.51 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 268.68 | 2024 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 31 | Indonesia | 267.07 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritania | 266.23 | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Tunisia | 265.41 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 34 | Libya | 265.01 | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 35 | Nigeria | 263.78 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 36 | Turkey | 263.64 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 37 | Morocco | 262.84 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 260.09 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 39 | Rwanda | 258.62 | 2024 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 257.67 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 41 | Saint Helena | 257.21 | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 254.84 | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 43 | Algeria | 253.63 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 44 | Tanzania | 252.8 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Australia | 250.79 | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 46 | Cambodia | 249.72 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 47 | Kuwait | 248.31 | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 247.59 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 49 | Serbia | 247.35 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 50 | Bolivia | 246.55 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 51 | British Virgin Islands | 244.25 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 52 | Uzbekistan | 242.56 | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 53 | East Timor | 240.58 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 54 | Mali | 240.38 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 55 | Egypt | 239.79 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 56 | Philippines | 239.63 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 57 | Eritrea | 236.71 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 58 | Jamaica | 236.65 | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 59 | Ecuador | 236.65 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 236.61 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 61 | Zambia | 236.27 | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 62 | Burundi | 234.44 | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 63 | South Sudan | 232.27 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 64 | Cyprus | 231.52 | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 65 | Niger | 229.42 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 66 | Greenland | 229.22 | 2024 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 67 | Bermuda | 228.16 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 68 | Honduras | 226.54 | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 69 | Equatorial Guinea | 225.65 | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Ukraine | 225.56 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 71 | Myanmar | 225.31 | 2024 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 72 | Grenada | 224.55 | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 73 | Peru | 224.47 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 74 | Guinea-Bissau | 224.45 | 2024 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 224.41 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 76 | Kenya | 224.31 | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 221.98 | 2024 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 78 | Niue | 221.92 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 79 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 221.75 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 80 | Angola | 221.64 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 81 | Bahamas | 220.81 | 2024 | up 32.3% | flat |
| 82 | Dominica | 220.64 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 83 | Lebanon | 219.32 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 84 | Malaysia | 219.13 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 85 | Solomon Islands | 219.13 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 86 | Taiwan | 218.54 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 87 | Malawi | 217.64 | 2024 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 217.37 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 89 | Iran | 216.16 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 90 | Jordan | 215.73 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 91 | Togo | 215.58 | 2024 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 92 | Micronesia (country) | 214.52 | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 93 | Croatia | 214.18 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 214.06 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 214.03 | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 96 | Brunei | 213.53 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 213.35 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 212.96 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 212.61 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 212.27 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 101 | Pakistan | 211.57 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 211.04 | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 210.72 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 104 | Mexico | 210.53 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 105 | Japan | 208.5 | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 106 | Ireland | 208.43 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 107 | Central African Republic | 207.6 | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 205.91 | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 109 | Germany | 204.73 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 110 | Russia | 204.26 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 111 | Venezuela | 203.12 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 202.98 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 202.91 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 114 | Faroe Islands | 202.49 | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 201.66 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 116 | Kiribati | 201.5 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 201.11 | 2024 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 118 | Montenegro | 200.95 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 119 | Qatar | 199.05 | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Guatemala | 198.9 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 121 | Uganda | 198.8 | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 198.61 | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 196.98 | 2024 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 124 | Latvia | 196.87 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 196.83 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 196.27 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 127 | Mauritius | 195.07 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 128 | Italy | 194.99 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 129 | Somalia | 194.2 | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 130 | Benin | 193.13 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 131 | Argentina | 192.92 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 132 | United States | 191.81 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 133 | El Salvador | 191.66 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 191.11 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 190.94 | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 136 | Cape Verde | 190.72 | 2024 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Belize | 188.74 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 138 | Chile | 188.47 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 139 | Greece | 188.08 | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 140 | Ghana | 187.11 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 141 | Aruba | 186.91 | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Thailand | 186.34 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 143 | Denmark | 185.63 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 144 | Czechia | 184.8 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 145 | Guinea | 183.94 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 183.32 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 147 | Namibia | 182.96 | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 148 | Oman | 182.71 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 149 | Austria | 181.9 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 150 | Israel | 179.91 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 151 | Slovenia | 179.79 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 152 | Colombia | 179.54 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 177.77 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 154 | Costa Rica | 177.38 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 155 | Palestine | 176.78 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 176.71 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 157 | Belarus | 174.93 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 158 | Albania | 173.66 | 2024 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 172.92 | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 160 | Samoa | 168.83 | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 161 | Bulgaria | 166.84 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 162 | Portugal | 165.7 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 163 | Tonga | 165.46 | 2024 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 164 | Georgia | 164.64 | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 165 | Yemen | 164.34 | 2024 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 166 | Slovakia | 163.26 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 167 | Canada | 161.62 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 161.21 | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 169 | Djibouti | 160.78 | 2024 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 170 | Nauru | 160.12 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 171 | Bahrain | 159.63 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 172 | South Korea | 159.47 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 173 | Cook Islands | 158.88 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 174 | Hungary | 158.74 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 175 | Brazil | 158.46 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 176 | Seychelles | 158.3 | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 177 | United Arab Emirates | 157.35 | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Estonia | 156.87 | 2024 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 179 | Spain | 155.94 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 180 | Eswatini | 149.91 | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 181 | Armenia | 149.27 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 182 | Uruguay | 149 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 183 | Moldova | 148.12 | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 184 | Vanuatu | 145.8 | 2024 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 185 | Paraguay | 144.84 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 186 | Fiji | 142.11 | 2024 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 187 | Montserrat | 141.64 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 188 | Mozambique | 141.16 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 189 | Belgium | 136.25 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 190 | Netherlands | 131.13 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 191 | New Zealand | 125.88 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 192 | Hong Kong | 122.25 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 193 | Norway | 121.81 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 194 | Panama | 121.36 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 195 | Switzerland | 120 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 196 | France | 105.64 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 197 | Finland | 99.91 | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 198 | Bhutan | 93.14 | 2024 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Sweden | 81.28 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 200 | Macao | 75.57 | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 201 | Singapore | 52.77 | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Malta | 47.59 | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Iceland | 43.89 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 204 | Antarctica | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |