Co2 intensity in Brazil
Brazil: Co2 intensity was 0.1506 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.1506
Change on year
down 6.0%
World rank
116th
of 164 countries
All-time high
0.2468
in 1913
All-time low
0.0629
in 1879
Years of data
153
1870–2022
Co2 intensity in Brazil, 1870–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 0.1506 for co2 intensity in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, co2 intensity in Brazil peaked at 0.2468 in 1913 and was at its lowest, 0.0629, in 1879.
That places Brazil 116th out of 164 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 153 years of available data.
Co2 intensity in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 0.0657 | — |
| 1871 | 0.0781 | +18.8% |
| 1872 | 0.0752 | -3.6% |
| 1873 | 0.0912 | +21.2% |
| 1874 | 0.0853 | -6.4% |
| 1875 | 0.0779 | -8.7% |
| 1876 | 0.0712 | -8.6% |
| 1877 | 0.075 | +5.3% |
| 1878 | 0.0759 | +1.2% |
| 1879 | 0.0629 | -17.1% |
| 1880 | 0.074 | +17.6% |
| 1881 | 0.0803 | +8.6% |
| 1882 | 0.0709 | -11.8% |
| 1883 | 0.0883 | +24.6% |
| 1884 | 0.089 | +0.8% |
| 1885 | 0.089 | +0.1% |
| 1886 | 0.0861 | -3.3% |
| 1887 | 0.0963 | +11.9% |
| 1888 | 0.096 | -0.3% |
| 1889 | 0.1347 | +40.3% |
| 1890 | 0.1113 | -17.3% |
| 1891 | 0.1237 | +11.1% |
| 1892 | 0.1443 | +16.6% |
| 1893 | 0.152 | +5.4% |
| 1894 | 0.174 | +14.5% |
| 1895 | 0.136 | -21.9% |
| 1896 | 0.1747 | +28.5% |
| 1897 | 0.1811 | +3.7% |
| 1898 | 0.1693 | -6.5% |
| 1899 | 0.1644 | -2.9% |
| 1900 | 0.1446 | -12.1% |
| 1901 | 0.1339 | -7.4% |
| 1902 | 0.1477 | +10.3% |
| 1903 | 0.1384 | -6.3% |
| 1904 | 0.1468 | +6.1% |
| 1905 | 0.1552 | +5.7% |
| 1906 | 0.1601 | +3.2% |
| 1907 | 0.1836 | +14.6% |
| 1908 | 0.1853 | +0.9% |
| 1909 | 0.176 | -5.0% |
| 1910 | 0.2085 | +18.4% |
| 1911 | 0.2206 | +5.8% |
| 1912 | 0.2269 | +2.9% |
| 1913 | 0.2468 | +8.8% |
| 1914 | 0.192 | -22.2% |
| 1915 | 0.1266 | -34.1% |
| 1916 | 0.1048 | -17.3% |
| 1917 | 0.1016 | -3.0% |
| 1918 | 0.0971 | -4.4% |
| 1919 | 0.0958 | -1.3% |
| 1920 | 0.1165 | +21.5% |
| 1921 | 0.0831 | -28.7% |
| 1922 | 0.1084 | +30.5% |
| 1923 | 0.1222 | +12.7% |
| 1924 | 0.1356 | +11.0% |
| 1925 | 0.1357 | +0.1% |
| 1926 | 0.136 | +0.3% |
| 1927 | 0.14 | +2.9% |
| 1928 | 0.1265 | -9.6% |
| 1929 | 0.1315 | +4.0% |
| 1930 | 0.1277 | -2.9% |
| 1931 | 0.1077 | -15.7% |
| 1932 | 0.1042 | -3.2% |
| 1933 | 0.1046 | +0.4% |
| 1934 | 0.0963 | -7.9% |
| 1935 | 0.0977 | +1.4% |
| 1936 | 0.0931 | -4.7% |
| 1937 | 0.1081 | +16.0% |
| 1938 | 0.1107 | +2.4% |
| 1939 | 0.0857 | -22.6% |
| 1940 | 0.0854 | -0.3% |
| 1941 | 0.0887 | +3.8% |
| 1942 | 0.086 | -3.1% |
| 1943 | 0.0833 | -3.1% |
| 1944 | 0.0732 | -12.2% |
| 1945 | 0.0824 | +12.6% |
| 1946 | 0.0815 | -1.0% |
| 1947 | 0.0944 | +15.8% |
| 1948 | 0.0755 | -20.1% |
| 1949 | 0.0658 | -12.8% |
| 1950 | 0.1645 | +149.9% |
| 1951 | 0.1728 | +5.0% |
| 1952 | 0.1853 | +7.2% |
| 1953 | 0.179 | -3.4% |
| 1954 | 0.1954 | +9.2% |
| 1955 | 0.2059 | +5.3% |
| 1956 | 0.2153 | +4.6% |
| 1957 | 0.1965 | -8.7% |
| 1958 | 0.1924 | -2.1% |
| 1959 | 0.1752 | -9.0% |
| 1960 | 0.1923 | +9.8% |
| 1961 | 0.1856 | -3.5% |
| 1962 | 0.19 | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 0.1957 | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 0.193 | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1872 | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 0.2001 | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 0.1976 | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.2105 | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 0.2093 | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.2107 | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.2072 | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.2062 | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.2096 | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.2099 | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2097 | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1956 | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1958 | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.2035 | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 0.2021 | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1834 | -9.2% |
| 1981 | 0.1763 | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 0.1751 | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.1745 | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1672 | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1667 | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1698 | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1713 | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.173 | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.1711 | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1844 | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1891 | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.1912 | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1882 | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1825 | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1829 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.1903 | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1928 | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1962 | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1988 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1955 | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1939 | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1868 | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1809 | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1773 | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1711 | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1646 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.1624 | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.1612 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.1505 | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 0.1561 | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1556 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1644 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1706 | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1777 | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1748 | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.1683 | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1679 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.1582 | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1563 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1518 | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.1603 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 0.1506 | -6.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.1506 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2348, 64% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.1506 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1912, 79% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Co2 intensity in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | +149.9% | 0.0658 | 0.1645 |
| 1889 | +40.3% | 0.096 | 0.1347 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0759 | 0.0629 | 0.0912 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.0905 | 0.0709 | 0.1347 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.1531 | 0.1113 | 0.1811 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.1572 | 0.1339 | 0.1853 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.1621 | 0.0958 | 0.2468 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.1235 | 0.0831 | 0.14 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.1036 | 0.0857 | 0.1277 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.0816 | 0.0658 | 0.0944 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.1882 | 0.1645 | 0.2153 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1961 | 0.1856 | 0.2105 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.205 | 0.1956 | 0.2107 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1729 | 0.1667 | 0.1834 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1896 | 0.1825 | 0.1988 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1744 | 0.1505 | 0.1955 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.165 | 0.1556 | 0.1777 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1543 | 0.1506 | 0.1603 | 3 |
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More climate change data for Brazil
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 8.54 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 564,343 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 124,669 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 439,674 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 470.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 15,703 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 67,360 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,554 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,806 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 228.5 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is co2 intensity in Brazil?
- Co2 intensity in Brazil was 0.1506 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest co2 intensity recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2468 in 1913.
- What is the lowest co2 intensity recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0629 in 1879.
- How does Brazil rank for co2 intensity?
- Brazil ranks 116th out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is co2 intensity rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Co2 intensity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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