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Australia vs China: Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Australia's Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) was 0.23, compared to China's 0.71. That makes Australia's value 67.7% lower than China's.

Australia

Rank #121 of 184 globally

Australia trend
Latest (2024)
0.23
Year-over-year
+0.2%
10-year change
-23.2%
Peak
0.37 (2005)
Trough
0.23 (2023)

China

Rank #29 of 184 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
0.71
Year-over-year
-4.0%
10-year change
-31.2%
Peak
1.38 (2005)
Trough
0.71 (2024)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.CO2.RT.GDP.KD), CC BY 4.0.