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Countries Ranked by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: EN.GHG.CO2.RT.GDP.KD

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported carbon intensity of gdp (kg co2e per constant 2015 us$ of gdp) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 184 countries reporting, the median value is 0.30, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Mongolia

1.70

Europe & Central Asia

Ukraine

1.51

Latin America & Caribbean

Venezuela, RB

2.26

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Iran, Islamic Rep.

1.55

North America

Canada

0.32

South Asia

India

0.91

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa

1.20

Rank Country Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
1 Venezuela, RB 2.26
2 Mongolia 1.70
3 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.55
4 Ukraine 1.51
5 Turkmenistan 1.32
6 Russian Federation 1.25
7 Iraq 1.24
8 Lao PDR 1.23
9 South Africa 1.20
10 Trinidad and Tobago 1.20
11 Libya 1.13
12 Oman 1.08
13 Kyrgyz Republic 1.07
14 Viet Nam 1.06
15 Kazakhstan 1.06
16 Uzbekistan 1.05
17 Kuwait 0.99
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.96
19 Bahrain 0.93
20 India 0.91
21 Moldova 0.89
22 Belarus 0.87
23 Algeria 0.84
24 Congo, Rep. 0.80
25 Qatar 0.76
26 Bolivia 0.75
27 Sudan 0.75
28 Saudi Arabia 0.74
29 China 0.71
30 Malaysia 0.70
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.68
32 Indonesia 0.66
33 Tunisia 0.65
34 Azerbaijan 0.65
35 Tajikistan 0.62
36 Egypt, Arab Rep. 0.60
37 North Macedonia 0.60
38 Thailand 0.60
39 Mauritania 0.57
40 Suriname 0.56
41 Zimbabwe 0.55
42 Georgia 0.53
43 Bulgaria 0.52
44 Jordan 0.52
45 Morocco 0.52
46 Senegal 0.51
47 Equatorial Guinea 0.51
48 Cambodia 0.50
49 Myanmar 0.50
50 Pakistan 0.50
51 Mozambique 0.48
52 Jamaica 0.47
53 Armenia 0.46
54 Sao Tome and Principe 0.46
55 Nepal 0.45
56 Honduras 0.44
57 Ecuador 0.44
58 United Arab Emirates 0.44
59 Seychelles 0.44
60 Timor-Leste 0.43
61 Lesotho 0.43
62 Poland 0.42
63 Zambia 0.40
64 Malawi 0.40
65 Botswana 0.39
66 Estonia 0.39
67 Philippines 0.38
68 Bangladesh 0.37
69 Benin 0.37
70 Comoros 0.37
71 Nicaragua 0.36
72 Burkina Faso 0.36
73 Mexico 0.35
74 Turkiye 0.35
75 Czechia 0.35
76 Guinea 0.34
77 Mali 0.33
78 Samoa 0.33
79 El Salvador 0.33
80 Dominican Republic 0.33
81 Ghana 0.32
82 Madagascar 0.32
83 Vanuatu 0.32
84 Canada 0.32
85 Argentina 0.31
86 Gabon 0.31
87 Korea, Rep. 0.31
88 Maldives 0.30
89 Peru 0.30
90 Romania 0.30
91 Namibia 0.30
92 Togo 0.30
93 Mauritius 0.30
94 Kiribati 0.29
95 Cabo Verde 0.29
96 Tanzania 0.29
97 Slovak Republic 0.28
98 Fiji 0.27
99 Albania 0.27
100 Croatia 0.27
101 Chile 0.27
102 Hungary 0.27
103 Colombia 0.26
104 Angola 0.26
105 Cuba 0.26
106 Haiti 0.26
107 Burundi 0.26
108 Sri Lanka 0.25
109 Cote d'Ivoire 0.25
110 Nigeria 0.24
111 Guatemala 0.24
112 Brazil 0.24
113 Slovenia 0.24
114 Cameroon 0.24
115 Lithuania 0.24
116 Gambia, The 0.24
117 Greece 0.23
118 Djibouti 0.23
119 Liberia 0.23
120 Cyprus 0.23
121 Australia 0.23
122 Eswatini 0.23
123 Latvia 0.22
124 Solomon Islands 0.21
125 Japan 0.21
126 Antigua and Barbuda 0.21
127 Kenya 0.21
128 United States 0.21
129 Papua New Guinea 0.20
130 Niger 0.20
131 Guinea-Bissau 0.20
132 Paraguay 0.17
133 Chad 0.17
134 Uganda 0.17
135 Ethiopia 0.17
136 French Polynesia 0.17
137 Central African Republic 0.16
138 Belgium 0.16
139 Panama 0.16
140 Germany 0.16
141 Puerto Rico (US) 0.16
142 Aruba 0.15
143 Spain 0.15
144 Rwanda 0.15
145 Sierra Leone 0.15
146 Belize 0.15
147 Grenada 0.15
148 Italy 0.15
149 Portugal 0.15
150 St. Lucia 0.14
151 Singapore 0.14
152 Iceland 0.14
153 New Zealand 0.14
154 Dominica 0.14
155 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.14
156 Israel 0.14
157 Guyana 0.14
158 Austria 0.14
159 Uruguay 0.14
160 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.13
161 Netherlands 0.13
162 Finland 0.12
163 Barbados 0.12
164 Costa Rica 0.11
165 Bahamas, The 0.11
166 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.10
167 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.10
168 Luxembourg 0.10
169 France 0.10
170 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.10
171 Malta 0.09
172 Norway 0.09
173 United Kingdom 0.09
174 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.09
175 Denmark 0.07
176 Sweden 0.07
177 Ireland 0.06
178 Switzerland 0.04
179 Macao SAR, China 0.04
180 Bermuda 0.03
181 Faroe Islands 0.00
182 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.00
183 Marshall Islands 0.00
184 Nauru 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.CO2.RT.GDP.KD), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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