Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP was 0.3631 kilograms per international-$ in 2022. ▼ Falling
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Kyrgyzstan, 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-$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Kyrgyzstan is 0.3631 kilograms per international-$, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 0.9859 kilograms per international-$ in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.2361 kilograms per international-$, in 2001.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 29th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8353 kilograms per international-$ | 0.8353 kilograms per international-$ | 0.8353 kilograms per international-$ | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9162 kilograms per international-$ | 0.8426 kilograms per international-$ | 0.9859 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4863 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3093 kilograms per international-$ | 0.7631 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3074 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2361 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3569 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.363 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2895 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4574 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3348 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2923 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3631 kilograms per international-$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 0.3713 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 27 Congo 0.3686 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0.3657 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 30 Bulgaria 0.3391 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 31 Mauritania 0.3361 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 32 Belarus 0.325 kilograms per international-$ compare
More climate change data for Kyrgyzstan
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Population, total 7.34 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Urban population 2.55 million (2025)
- Urban population 34.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.64 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 883.22 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.64 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.64 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Kyrgyzstan?
- Carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Kyrgyzstan was 0.3631 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9859 kilograms per international-$ in 1986.
- What is the lowest carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2361 kilograms per international-$ in 2001.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 29th out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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-$).