Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Tanzania
Tanzania: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP was 0.0994 kilograms per international-$ in 2022. ▼ Falling
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Tanzania, 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-$.
Analysis
In 2022, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Tanzania stood at 0.0994 kilograms per international-$.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Tanzania peaked at 0.2216 kilograms per international-$ in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.0659 kilograms per international-$, in 2000.
Tanzania ranks 151st of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 73 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0935 kilograms per international-$ | 0.074 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1167 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1213 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0932 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1594 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.154 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1164 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2216 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1177 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1015 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1286 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0866 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0679 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0976 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.076 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0659 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0897 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0904 kilograms per international-$ | 0.077 kilograms per international-$ | 0.097 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0937 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0884 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0994 kilograms per international-$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 148 Guinea-Bissau 0.1057 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 149 Central African Republic 0.1006 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 150 Costa Rica 0.0997 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 152 Denmark 0.0972 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 154 Burundi 0.0956 kilograms per international-$ compare
More climate change data for Tanzania
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 2.6% (2100)
- Population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Population, total 70.55 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.8% (2025)
- Urban population 26.02 million (2025)
- Urban population 36.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.292 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 344.85 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.292 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.292 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Tanzania?
- Carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Tanzania was 0.0994 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2216 kilograms per international-$ in 1973.
- What is the lowest carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0659 kilograms per international-$ in 2000.
- How does Tanzania rank for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Tanzania ranks 151st out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania 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-$).