Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP by country

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
198
Highest
0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
Palau
Lowest
0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
12,498

What the numbers show

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP in Palau; the lowest is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP in United States Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 138 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 378.0%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 70.6%).

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palau 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.7% volatile
2 Turkmenistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 26.7% volatile
3 Iran 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 26.7% volatile
4 Laos 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 378.0% volatile
5 Libya 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 22.4% volatile
6 Syria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 up 22.6% falling
7 Uzbekistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.2% volatile
8 Mongolia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.2% volatile
9 South Africa 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.0% volatile
10 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.2% volatile
11 Oman 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.6% volatile
12 Russia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.1% volatile
13 Vietnam 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 18.0% falling
14 Kazakhstan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.6% volatile
15 Iraq 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 41.0% volatile
16 India 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.6% falling
17 Bahrain 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.0% volatile
18 Venezuela 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.5% volatile
19 Egypt 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.7% falling
20 Kuwait 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 26.9% volatile
21 Malaysia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.7% volatile
22 China 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.3% volatile
23 Algeria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.6% volatile
24 Belarus 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.0% volatile
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.8% falling
26 Afghanistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 74.8% rising
27 Tajikistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.4% volatile
28 Tunisia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 4.2% falling
29 Qatar 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 16.4% volatile
30 Ukraine 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 69.2% volatile
31 Brunei 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 28.8% volatile
32 Kyrgyzstan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 55.6% volatile
33 New Caledonia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.8% volatile
34 Suriname 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 16.6% volatile
35 Indonesia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.6% volatile
36 Yemen 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2018 down 40.8% volatile
37 Pakistan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.0% falling
38 Congo 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 82.7% volatile
39 Thailand 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.9% falling
40 Nigeria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 144.6% volatile
41 Azerbaijan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.2% volatile
42 Saudi Arabia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.1% volatile
43 Bolivia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.2% volatile
44 Bhutan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.0% rising
45 Mauritania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.6% falling
46 Zambia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 125.5% volatile
47 Moldova 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 47.3% volatile
48 Mozambique 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 38.0% rising
49 Senegal 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 4.3% falling
50 Sudan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 17.7% volatile
51 Morocco 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.6% falling
52 North Macedonia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.4% volatile
53 Malawi 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.0% rising
54 Lebanon 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.4% volatile
55 Myanmar 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 56.4% volatile
56 Cambodia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 31.4% rising
57 Lesotho 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 70.5% volatile
58 Jordan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.4% volatile
59 Seychelles 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.0% volatile
60 Georgia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.1% volatile
61 Ecuador 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 8.4% falling
62 Philippines 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 7.9% volatile
63 East Timor 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.1% falling
64 Nepal 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.5% rising
65 Jamaica 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.3% volatile
66 Equatorial Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 38.6% volatile
67 United Arab Emirates 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.1% volatile
68 Botswana 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.6% volatile
69 Turkey 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.2% volatile
70 Honduras 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.9% falling
71 Benin 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.2% falling
72 Burundi 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 112.8% rising
73 South Korea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.6% volatile
74 Zimbabwe 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 52.1% volatile
75 Bulgaria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 63.6% volatile
76 Poland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.1% volatile
77 Eritrea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2011 down 69.4% falling
78 Samoa 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.3% falling
79 Mauritius 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.2% falling
80 Nicaragua 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.5% volatile
81 Ghana 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 7.0% falling
82 Armenia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.8% volatile
83 Argentina 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.5% volatile
84 Burkina Faso 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 41.7% flat
85 Comoros 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 106.2% rising
86 Mali 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 62.5% volatile
87 Bangladesh 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.8% falling
88 Dominican Republic 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.0% volatile
89 El Salvador 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.3% volatile
90 Angola 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 35.4% volatile
91 Tanzania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 19.6% falling
92 Namibia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.8% falling
93 Maldives 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 55.1% falling
94 Madagascar 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.4% falling
95 Tonga 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.3% falling
96 Mexico 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.2% volatile
97 Canada 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.8% volatile
98 Fiji 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.4% volatile
99 Cape Verde 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.3% volatile
100 Gabon 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.7% volatile
101 Estonia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 70.6% volatile
102 Togo 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.0% falling
103 Peru 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 10.5% volatile
104 Chile 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.1% volatile
105 Sri Lanka 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.1% volatile
106 Kiribati 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.4% volatile
107 Japan 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.2% volatile
108 Colombia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.5% volatile
109 Eswatini 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.8% volatile
110 Brazil 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.1% volatile
111 Czechia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 55.9% volatile
112 Vanuatu 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 10.2% volatile
113 Australia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.8% volatile
114 Cote d'Ivoire 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.8% volatile
115 Djibouti 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 45.8% volatile
116 Slovakia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.5% volatile
117 Sierra Leone 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 33.5% volatile
118 Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 23.0% volatile
119 Greece 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.5% volatile
120 Gambia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.0% volatile
121 Croatia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.3% volatile
122 Solomon Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.2% volatile
123 Cyprus 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.5% volatile
124 Cameroon 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.8% falling
125 Hungary 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.8% volatile
126 Romania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 53.2% volatile
127 Slovenia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.0% falling
128 Liberia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 50.5% volatile
129 Guatemala 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.4% volatile
130 Kenya 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.9% volatile
131 Paraguay 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 21.7% volatile
132 Sao Tome and Principe 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 60.1% rising
133 Papua New Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.6% volatile
134 Greenland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2023 down 12.2% volatile
135 Cuba 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2020 down 63.6% volatile
136 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.8% volatile
137 Niger 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.6% falling
138 United States 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.9% volatile
139 Albania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 59.1% volatile
140 Guinea-Bissau 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.2% rising
141 Latvia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.2% volatile
142 French Polynesia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 3.7% falling
143 Guyana 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 69.3% volatile
144 Uganda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.9% volatile
145 Rwanda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.6% falling
146 Lithuania 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.5% volatile
147 Chad 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 87.8% falling
148 Haiti 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.0% volatile
149 Panama 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.8% volatile
150 Aruba 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.6% falling
151 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 65.2% rising
152 Grenada 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 7.9% falling
153 Ethiopia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.0% flat
154 Belgium 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.0% volatile
155 Spain 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.0% volatile
156 Italy 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.4% volatile
157 Germany 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.0% volatile
158 Central African Republic 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 43.7% falling
159 Puerto Rico 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.0% volatile
160 Dominica 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 4.7% falling
161 New Zealand 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.6% volatile
162 Belize 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 26.9% volatile
163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 17.8% volatile
164 Saint Lucia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 16.1% falling
165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 4.6% volatile
166 Portugal 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 45.3% volatile
167 Austria 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.8% volatile
168 Israel 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 49.3% volatile
169 Uruguay 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 3.5% volatile
170 Finland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.4% volatile
171 Singapore 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.9% volatile
172 Iceland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.3% volatile
173 Netherlands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 45.5% volatile
174 Barbados 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.0% volatile
175 Bahamas 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.7% volatile
176 France 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.0% volatile
177 Costa Rica 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.0% volatile
178 Hong Kong 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.0% volatile
179 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.4% volatile
180 Norway 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.3% volatile
181 United Kingdom 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.3% volatile
182 Luxembourg 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.3% volatile
183 Somalia 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.4% volatile
184 Malta 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 63.8% volatile
185 Sweden 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.7% volatile
186 Denmark 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.3% volatile
187 Ireland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 60.6% volatile
188 Cayman Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.8% rising
189 Macao 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.8% volatile
190 Switzerland 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.0% volatile
191 Bermuda 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.4% volatile
192 Faroe Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.5% volatile
193 Micronesia (country) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.3% volatile
194 Marshall Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.7% volatile
195 American Samoa 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 26.5% falling
196 Northern Mariana Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 31.9% flat
197 Guam 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 23.8% falling
198 United States Virgin Islands 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2022 down 12.5% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP
Unit
Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
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Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 12,498 data points, 1970–2024
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.