Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Ukraine
Ukraine: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP was 0.4627 kilograms per international-$ in 2022. ▼ Falling
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP in Ukraine, 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-$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Ukraine is 0.4627 kilograms per international-$, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 44 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Ukraine peaked at 1.59 kilograms per international-$ in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.4627 kilograms per international-$, in 2022.
Ukraine ranks 15th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.4 kilograms per international-$ | 1.4 kilograms per international-$ | 1.4 kilograms per international-$ | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.48 kilograms per international-$ | 1.32 kilograms per international-$ | 1.59 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.42 kilograms per international-$ | 1.27 kilograms per international-$ | 1.52 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8468 kilograms per international-$ | 0.644 kilograms per international-$ | 1.13 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.589 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4986 kilograms per international-$ | 0.6699 kilograms per international-$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4735 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4627 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4828 kilograms per international-$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 12 Kuwait 0.5291 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 13 Iran 0.488 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 14 Zimbabwe 0.4722 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 16 Russia 0.449 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4407 kilograms per international-$ compare
- 18 Oman 0.4398 kilograms per international-$ compare
More climate change data for Ukraine
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Population, total 38.98 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.0% (2025)
- Urban population 27.13 million (2025)
- Urban population 69.6% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 3.76 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 31.24 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 3.76 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 3.76 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Ukraine?
- Carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp in Ukraine was 0.4627 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 1.59 kilograms per international-$ in 1980.
- What is the lowest carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4627 kilograms per international-$ in 2022.
- How does Ukraine rank for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Ukraine ranks 15th out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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-$).