Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Suriname: Carbon intensity of GDP

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.135 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP
in 2024
Suriname
0.2117 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
35th
Suriname rank
35th

Carbon intensity of GDP over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Suriname
00.050.10.150.20.25199020072024

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 0.2117 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP against 0.135 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0767 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.6 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 35th and Suriname ranks 35th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Suriname in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Suriname Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1608 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.1716 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.0108 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP Suriname
2000s 0.1587 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.1491 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.0096 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 0.1497 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.1782 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.0285 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP Suriname
2020s 0.1376 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.2253 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 0.0877 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon intensity of gdp, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Suriname?
Suriname, at 0.2117 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP against 0.135 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon intensity of gdp between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Suriname?
0.0767 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Suriname?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Suriname rank globally for carbon intensity of gdp?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 35th and Suriname ranks 35th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP)
Unit
kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 8,228 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in 2021 PPP $.