emissions of air pollutants, per unit of GDP by country
emissions of air pollutants divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
202
Highest
0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP
Liberia
Lowest
0 tonnes per US$ of GDP
Liechtenstein
Median
0 tonnes per US$ of GDP
Years covered
63
1960β2022
Data points
10,833
What the numbers show
emissions of air pollutants, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP in Liberia; the lowest is 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 172 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 96.6%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 81.5%).
emissions of air pollutants, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Madagascar | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Mozambique | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Burundi | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Bhutan | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 8 | Togo | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Eritrea | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 53.4% | falling |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Uganda | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Lesotho | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Zambia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 17 | South Sudan | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 18 | Nepal | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Haiti | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Tanzania | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Myanmar | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Benin | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 63.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 32 | Kenya | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Pakistan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Nigeria | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Chad | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Palau | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Comoros | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 40 | Cameroon | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Laos | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Maldives | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritania | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Congo | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Gabon | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Mali | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Libya | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 53 | Guatemala | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Ghana | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 58 | India | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Vietnam | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Paraguay | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Thailand | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Senegal | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Angola | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Namibia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 67 | Eswatini | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 69 | South Africa | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Curacao | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 71 | Cape Verde | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Syria | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Indonesia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Egypt | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Seychelles | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Philippines | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Ukraine | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Botswana | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Yemen | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 84 | China | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Suriname | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Bahrain | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 89 | Moldova | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 90 | Algeria | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Venezuela | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Samoa | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 93 | Micronesia (country) | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Belarus | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Bolivia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 98 | Morocco | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Lebanon | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Serbia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Montenegro | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Tonga | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 103 | Georgia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Brazil | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 108 | New Caledonia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Fiji | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Colombia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Uruguay | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 115 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 116 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 118 | Poland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Peru | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 122 | East Timor | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Iceland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Belize | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Grenada | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 126 | Russia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Dominica | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 128 | Guyana | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Croatia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Iran | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Romania | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Mauritius | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Chile | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Estonia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovakia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Latvia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Aruba | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 141 | Czechia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Bermuda | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Albania | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Mexico | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Barbados | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Panama | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 148 | New Zealand | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Hungary | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahamas | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Cuba | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Greece | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Iraq | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Oman | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Lithuania | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Armenia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Jordan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Slovenia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkey | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 162 | French Polynesia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Canada | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Argentina | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Austria | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Finland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 168 | Australia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Italy | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 170 | France | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Portugal | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 173 | United States | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Kuwait | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Qatar | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Saudi Arabia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Spain | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 178 | American Samoa | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 179 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 180 | Japan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Norway | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Malta | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Israel | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Germany | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Belgium | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Singapore | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Brunei | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Denmark | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Sweden | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 190 | South Korea | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Netherlands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 192 | United Kingdom | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Cyprus | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Hong Kong | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Ireland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 197 | Macao | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Switzerland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Puerto Rico | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 200 | Faroe Islands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 201 | Greenland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 202 | Liechtenstein | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
emissions of air pollutants divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
emissions of air pollutants Γ· GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- emissions of air pollutants Hoesly et al. (2024) β Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) β with major processing by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
emissions of air pollutants divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.