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Carbon intensity

Name: Carbon intensity by country, 2024
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024

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181 countries · 2024

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Carbon intensity league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Libya	0.69	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
2	Trinidad and Tobago	0.61	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
3	Turkmenistan	0.58	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
4	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.52	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
5	Kuwait	0.51	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
6	Oman	0.51	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
7	South Africa	0.51	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
8	Mongolia	0.47	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	Qatar	0.43	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
10	Iraq	0.41	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
11	Bahrain	0.41	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
12	Uzbekistan	0.39	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
13	China	0.39	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
14	Lao PDR	0.39	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
15	Kazakhstan	0.35	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
16	Russian Federation	0.33	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.31	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
18	Viet Nam	0.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Saudi Arabia	0.29	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
20	Vanuatu	0.27	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
21	United Arab Emirates	0.26	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
22	Algeria	0.26	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
23	Brunei Darussalam	0.26	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Jamaica	0.25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Seychelles	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
26	Canada	0.25	North America	High income
27	Malaysia	0.24	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
28	Australia	0.23	East Asia & Pacific	High income
29	Sudan	0.23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	India	0.22	South Asia	Lower middle income
31	Jordan	0.22	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
32	Congo, Rep.	0.22	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Suriname	0.21	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
34	Kyrgyz Republic	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
35	Samoa	0.21	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
36	Moldova	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Korea, Rep.	0.21	East Asia & Pacific	High income
38	Tunisia	0.21	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
39	Ukraine	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
40	Belarus	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
41	Bolivia	0.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
42	Indonesia	0.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
43	Morocco	0.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
44	Mozambique	0.19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Tajikistan	0.19	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
46	Ecuador	0.19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Estonia	0.19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Thailand	0.18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
49	Kiribati	0.18	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
50	United States	0.18	North America	High income
51	Azerbaijan	0.17	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
52	Honduras	0.17	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
53	Senegal	0.17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Japan	0.17	East Asia & Pacific	High income
55	Poland	0.17	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	North Macedonia	0.17	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
57	Mexico	0.17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Equatorial Guinea	0.17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
59	Solomon Islands	0.16	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
60	Lesotho	0.16	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Cambodia	0.16	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Bulgaria	0.16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Maldives	0.15	South Asia	Upper middle income
64	Botswana	0.15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
65	Argentina	0.15	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Mauritania	0.15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.15	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
68	Turkiye	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
69	Czechia	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Zimbabwe	0.15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Comoros	0.15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Pakistan	0.15	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Zambia	0.15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75	Georgia	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Philippines	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
77	Cyprus	0.14	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Slovak Republic	0.14	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Malawi	0.14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Greece	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Cabo Verde	0.13	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
82	Chile	0.13	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
83	Antigua and Barbuda	0.13	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Peru	0.13	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	El Salvador	0.13	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Slovenia	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Timor-Leste	0.13	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
88	Iceland	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Mauritius	0.13	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
90	Benin	0.12	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Dominican Republic	0.12	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Armenia	0.12	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Israel	0.12	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
94	New Zealand	0.12	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Papua New Guinea	0.12	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
96	Fiji	0.12	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
97	Brazil	0.12	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Namibia	0.12	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
99	Barbados	0.12	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
100	Aruba	0.12	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
101	Belgium	0.12	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Sao Tome and Principe	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Croatia	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Djibouti	0.11	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
105	Germany	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Hungary	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Myanmar	0.11	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
108	Puerto Rico (US)	0.11	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Nicaragua	0.11	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
110	Gabon	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
111	Burkina Faso	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
112	Haiti	0.11	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
113	Nepal	0.11	South Asia	Lower middle income
114	Mali	0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
115	Bahamas, The	0.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Ghana	0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Austria	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Finland	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Colombia	0.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	Latvia	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Italy	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Lithuania	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.09	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Liberia	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Netherlands	0.09	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Togo	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Spain	0.09	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Romania	0.09	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Madagascar	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Guinea	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Guatemala	0.09	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Cote d'Ivoire	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
133	Tanzania	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Eswatini	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Grenada	0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
136	Bangladesh	0.08	South Asia	Lower middle income
137	Angola	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Albania	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
139	Luxembourg	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	United Kingdom	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Uruguay	0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
142	Norway	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Portugal	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Sri Lanka	0.08	South Asia	Upper middle income
145	Panama	0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
146	Belize	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Singapore	0.07	East Asia & Pacific	High income
148	France	0.07	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Cameroon	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Paraguay	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Nigeria	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	St. Lucia	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
154	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.07	East Asia & Pacific	High income
155	Dominica	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
156	Niger	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Kenya	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
158	Burundi	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Guyana	0.06	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Costa Rica	0.06	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Denmark	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Chad	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Gambia, The	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Uganda	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Central African Republic	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Sweden	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Guinea-Bissau	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Sierra Leone	0.05	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Ireland	0.05	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Ethiopia	0.05	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Malta	0.05	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
172	Rwanda	0.05	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Switzerland	0.05	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Bermuda	0.04	North America	High income
175	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.04	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Macao SAR, China	0.02	East Asia & Pacific	High income
178	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
180	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
181	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income

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