Consumption based carbon intensity by country

Countries reporting
119
Highest
0.881
Malta
Lowest
0.0723
Norway
Median
0.2322
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
3,909

What the numbers show

Consumption based carbon intensity is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 0.881 in Malta; the lowest is 0.0723 in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2322, and the mean is 0.2767.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 2,002.6%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 48.0%).

Consumption based carbon intensity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 0.881 2022 up 1.3% rising
2 Mongolia 0.8142 2022 down 31.6% falling
3 Kyrgyzstan 0.658 2022 down 22.3% falling
4 Togo 0.6228 2022 up 197.4% volatile
5 Venezuela 0.5992 2022 up 130.7% rising
6 Cambodia 0.5842 2022 up 6.9% rising
7 Ukraine 0.5438 2022 down 0.4% falling
8 Kuwait 0.5288 2022 up 33.3% volatile
9 Zimbabwe 0.5255 2022 up 2.5% flat
10 Nepal 0.4814 2022 up 531.6% volatile
11 Mozambique 0.4714 2022 down 0.1% volatile
12 Oman 0.4578 2022 down 1.7% falling
13 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4487 2022 down 11.2% falling
14 Namibia 0.4466 2022 down 6.0% volatile
15 South Africa 0.4399 2022 down 17.0% falling
16 Singapore 0.4235 2022 down 31.2% falling
17 Belgium 0.4229 2022 down 8.8% flat
18 Jamaica 0.4216 2022 up 35.0% falling
19 Hong Kong 0.4072 2022 down 0.6% falling
20 Iran 0.4022 2022 down 4.2% falling
21 Belarus 0.3887 2022 down 3.5% falling
22 China 0.3867 2022 down 31.5% falling
23 Kazakhstan 0.3724 2022 down 23.9% falling
24 Senegal 0.3672 2022 up 17.5% rising
25 Estonia 0.366 2022 down 42.6% falling
26 Botswana 0.3581 2022 down 28.8% rising
27 Saudi Arabia 0.3442 2022 down 14.8% falling
28 Russia 0.3429 2022 down 17.0% falling
29 South Korea 0.3381 2022 down 16.2% falling
30 Czechia 0.3248 2022 down 18.1% falling
31 United Arab Emirates 0.324 2022 down 22.4% falling
32 Malaysia 0.3234 2022 down 14.6% falling
33 Jordan 0.3213 2022 down 26.1% falling
34 Bahrain 0.3203 2022 down 22.3% volatile
35 Bolivia 0.308 2022 up 3.1% falling
36 Bulgaria 0.3053 2022 down 22.4% falling
37 Canada 0.3011 2022 down 27.5% falling
38 Slovenia 0.2972 2022 down 17.9% falling
39 Mauritius 0.2863 2022 up 7.4% rising
40 United States 0.2855 2022 down 18.6% falling
41 Thailand 0.2843 2022 down 7.1% falling
42 Israel 0.2813 2022 down 32.8% falling
43 Latvia 0.2785 2022 down 13.3% falling
44 Mexico 0.2742 2022 down 16.1% falling
45 Vietnam 0.2733 2022 up 18.1% rising
46 Tajikistan 0.2725 2022 up 5.8% rising
47 Australia 0.2716 2022 down 30.1% falling
48 Greece 0.2703 2022 down 27.6% falling
49 Guinea 0.2699 2022 down 0.6% rising
50 Ecuador 0.2691 2022 up 4.0% rising
51 Lithuania 0.2606 2022 down 19.7% volatile
52 Cyprus 0.2593 2022 down 21.7% falling
53 Benin 0.2582 2022 down 37.9% rising
54 Japan 0.2516 2022 down 26.0% falling
55 Slovakia 0.2507 2022 down 26.2% falling
56 Poland 0.2433 2022 down 35.1% falling
57 Taiwan 0.2371 2022 down 23.4% falling
58 Croatia 0.2333 2022 down 26.5% falling
59 Finland 0.2333 2022 down 32.5% falling
60 Tunisia 0.2322 2022 up 28.8% falling
61 Peru 0.2305 2022 down 0.1% falling
62 Morocco 0.2291 2022 down 10.6% falling
63 Georgia 0.2257 2022 down 5.2% falling
64 Switzerland 0.2247 2022 down 39.4% falling
65 India 0.2234 2022 down 24.1% falling
66 Luxembourg 0.2212 2022 down 38.7% falling
67 Armenia 0.2196 2022 down 9.8% rising
68 Hungary 0.2195 2022 down 28.8% falling
69 Italy 0.2162 2022 down 17.4% falling
70 Azerbaijan 0.2153 2022 down 13.9% volatile
71 Argentina 0.215 2022 down 10.4% falling
72 Germany 0.2146 2022 down 19.8% falling
73 Dominican Republic 0.2138 2022 down 48.0% falling
74 Nicaragua 0.2136 2022 down 8.1% falling
75 New Zealand 0.2122 2022 down 24.3% falling
76 Paraguay 0.2101 2022 up 6.7% rising
77 Austria 0.2085 2022 down 20.3% falling
78 Chile 0.2061 2022 down 22.0% flat
79 Panama 0.2059 2022 up 2,002.6% volatile
80 Indonesia 0.2026 2022 down 10.6% flat
81 Philippines 0.2021 2022 up 6.1% falling
82 Honduras 0.195 2022 up 5.5% rising
83 Bangladesh 0.1936 2022 up 49.3% rising
84 United Kingdom 0.1922 2022 down 32.3% falling
85 Pakistan 0.186 2022 down 2.6% falling
86 El Salvador 0.1857 2022 up 3.6% falling
87 Turkey 0.1854 2022 down 34.9% falling
88 Ghana 0.1853 2022 down 23.1% flat
89 Egypt 0.1833 2022 down 22.1% falling
90 Qatar 0.1832 2022 up 14.0% volatile
91 Costa Rica 0.1824 2022 down 16.3% falling
92 Kenya 0.1814 2022 up 6.7% rising
93 Sri Lanka 0.18 2022 up 22.1% rising
94 Netherlands 0.1789 2022 down 25.5% falling
95 Denmark 0.1757 2022 down 26.9% falling
96 Portugal 0.172 2022 down 15.1% falling
97 Spain 0.1714 2022 down 14.9% falling
98 Zambia 0.1713 2022 up 6.9% falling
99 Guatemala 0.1697 2022 up 76.9% rising
100 Romania 0.1655 2022 down 32.8% volatile
101 France 0.1637 2022 down 18.0% falling
102 Madagascar 0.1604 2022 up 24.9% rising
103 Albania 0.1572 2022 down 33.4% falling
104 Uruguay 0.1547 2022 down 29.0% flat
105 Burkina Faso 0.1547 2022 up 31.2% rising
106 Laos 0.1531 2022 up 76.6% rising
107 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1501 2022 down 8.5% falling
108 Brazil 0.146 2022 down 17.5% falling
109 Colombia 0.1399 2022 down 22.0% falling
110 Ireland 0.1391 2022 down 33.0% falling
111 Sweden 0.1342 2022 down 29.3% falling
112 Tanzania 0.1302 2022 down 4.9% rising
113 Nigeria 0.1231 2022 up 7.6% falling
114 Cameroon 0.121 2022 down 32.0% falling
115 Malawi 0.1208 2022 up 140.8% falling
116 Rwanda 0.1194 2022 up 135.8% rising
117 Uganda 0.0885 2022 up 4.8% rising
118 Ethiopia 0.0827 2022 up 35.3% rising
119 Norway 0.0723 2022 down 43.9% falling

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Indicator
Consumption based carbon intensity
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
119 places, 3,909 data points, 1990–2022
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