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Canada 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 , Canada's Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) was 0.32, compared to United States's 0.21. That makes Canada's value 53.6% higher than United States's.

Canada

Rank #84 of 184 globally

Canada trend
Latest (2024)
0.32
Year-over-year
+0.4%
10-year change
-16.0%
Peak
0.44 (2005)
Trough
0.31 (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.