Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Chad
Chad: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP was 0.1161 kilograms per international-$ in 2022. ▲ Rising
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Chad, 1950–2022
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-$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Chad is 0.1161 kilograms per international-$, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 73 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Chad peaked at 0.1161 kilograms per international-$ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0139 kilograms per international-$, in 1950.
That places Chad 138th out of 164 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 73 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0201 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0139 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0254 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0317 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0171 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0501 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0496 kilograms per international-$ | 0.038 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0716 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0602 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0172 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0888 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0908 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0842 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0945 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0791 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0572 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1088 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0881 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0622 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1019 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1095 kilograms per international-$ | 0.099 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1161 kilograms per international-$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More climate change data for Chad
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.7% (2100)
- Population growth 3.4% (2025)
- Population, total 21.00 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 5.7% (2025)
- Urban population 5.79 million (2025)
- Urban population 27.6% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.1395 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 51.34 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.1395 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.1395 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Chad?
- Carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Chad was 0.1161 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1161 kilograms per international-$ in 2022.
- What is the lowest carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0139 kilograms per international-$ in 1950.
- How does Chad rank for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Chad ranks 138th out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad 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-$).