Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Kenya
Kenya: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP was 0.1079 kilograms per international-$ in 2022. ▼ Falling
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Kenya, 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-$.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.1079 kilograms per international-$ for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in 2022.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Kenya peaked at 0.2799 kilograms per international-$ in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.0918 kilograms per international-$, in 2012.
Kenya ranks 145th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 73 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2254 kilograms per international-$ | 0.143 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2614 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.235 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1957 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2799 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2148 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1877 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2461 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.155 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1184 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2325 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.151 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1121 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1803 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1211 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0993 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1748 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1041 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0918 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1115 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1136 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1079 kilograms per international-$ | 0.119 kilograms per international-$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 142 Madagascar 0.1091 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 143 Myanmar 0.1087 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 144 Uruguay 0.1086 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 146 Eswatini 0.1072 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 147 Singapore 0.106 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 148 Guinea-Bissau 0.1057 kilograms per international-$ compare
More climate change data for Kenya
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 1.0% (2100)
- Population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Population, total 57.53 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Urban population 18.53 million (2025)
- Urban population 32.2% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.3761 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 551.31 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.3761 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.3761 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Kenya?
- Carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Kenya was 0.1079 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2799 kilograms per international-$ in 1963.
- What is the lowest carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0918 kilograms per international-$ in 2012.
- How does Kenya rank for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Kenya ranks 145th out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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-$).