Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Carbon intensity of GDP

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.9559 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.4396 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina rank
19th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
21st

Carbon intensity of GDP over time

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0246197019972024

How they compare

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently reports 0.9559 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.4396 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.5163 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP.

That makes Bosnia and Herzegovina's figure about 2.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 19th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 199 countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bosnia and Herzegovina Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 3 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.743 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2.26 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s 1.33 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.6461 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.6792 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s 1.4 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.51 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.8928 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s 1.1 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.4605 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.6383 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Bosnia and Herzegovina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon intensity of gdp, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 0.9559 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.4396 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon intensity of gdp between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.5163 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for carbon intensity of gdp?
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 19th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 199 countries.
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 constant 2015 US$ of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Carbon intensity of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-of-gdp-kg-co2e-per-constant-2015-us-of-gdp/bosnia-and-herzegovina/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-of-gdp-kg-co2e-per-constant-2015-us-of-gdp/bosnia-and-herzegovina/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Carbon intensity of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
Unit
kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ 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
246 places, 12,443 data points, 1970–2024
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 constant 2021 US$.