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Australia vs United States: 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 United States's 0.21. That makes Australia's value 11.7% higher than United States'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)

United States

Rank #128 of 184 globally

United States trend
Latest (2024)
0.21
Year-over-year
-2.4%
10-year change
-30.8%
Peak
0.38 (2005)
Trough
0.21 (2024)

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