Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Belarus
Belarus: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP was 0.325 kilograms per international-$ in 2022. ▼ Falling
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Belarus, 1973–2022
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per international-$.
Analysis
In 2022, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Belarus stood at 0.325 kilograms per international-$. That is the lowest value across all 44 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Belarus peaked at 1.08 kilograms per international-$ in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.325 kilograms per international-$, in 2022.
Belarus ranks 32nd of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9948 kilograms per international-$ | 0.9948 kilograms per international-$ | 0.9948 kilograms per international-$ | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9832 kilograms per international-$ | 0.9016 kilograms per international-$ | 1.08 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8311 kilograms per international-$ | 0.6641 kilograms per international-$ | 0.9272 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4907 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3886 kilograms per international-$ | 0.6018 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3514 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3387 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3761 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3275 kilograms per international-$ | 0.325 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3298 kilograms per international-$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 29 Kyrgyzstan 0.3631 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 30 Bulgaria 0.3391 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 31 Mauritania 0.3361 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 33 Algeria 0.3236 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 34 Malaysia 0.3212 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 35 Cambodia 0.3203 kilograms per international-$ compare
More climate change data for Belarus
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 9.09 million (2025)
- Urban population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Urban population 7.22 million (2025)
- Urban population 79.5% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 6.16 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 5.18 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 6.16 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 6.16 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Belarus?
- Carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Belarus was 0.325 kilograms per international-$ in 2022, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 kilograms per international-$ in 1986.
- What is the lowest carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.325 kilograms per international-$ in 2022.
- How does Belarus rank for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Belarus ranks 32nd out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).