What is the highest carbon intensity of gdp recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?

The highest recorded value was 2.51 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in 1978.

What is the lowest carbon intensity of gdp recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in 2024.

How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for carbon intensity of gdp?

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 9th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.

Is carbon intensity of gdp rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?

Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?

The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Carbon intensity of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Name: Carbon intensity of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Creator: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Carbon intensity of GDP was 0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 3.3%

Rank

9th

of 47 groups

All-time high

2.51 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP

in 1978

All-time low

0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP

in 2024

Years of data

1970–2024

Carbon intensity of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1970–2024

Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Measured in kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2024, carbon intensity of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.

The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, carbon intensity of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 2.51 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP, in 2024.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.

Carbon intensity of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1970 to 2024.
Year	kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	Change
1970	2.39 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	—
1971	2.25 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-5.9%
1972	2.26 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+0.6%
1973	2.19 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-3.3%
1974	2.15 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.6%
1975	2.27 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+5.5%
1976	2.31 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+1.5%
1977	2.42 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+5.1%
1978	2.51 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+3.3%
1979	2.41 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-3.7%
1980	2.2 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-8.8%
1981	2.07 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-5.7%
1982	2.03 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.1%
1983	1.98 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.4%
1984	1.9 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-4.0%
1985	1.79 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-5.9%
1986	1.77 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.0%
1987	1.74 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.0%
1988	1.7 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.1%
1989	1.67 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.7%
1990	1.65 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.5%
1991	1.61 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.9%
1992	1.52 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-5.8%
1993	1.48 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.7%
1994	1.41 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-4.5%
1995	1.42 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+0.7%
1996	1.31 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-7.7%
1997	1.27 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-3.5%
1998	1.25 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.3%
1999	1.16 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-7.0%
2000	1.14 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.2%
2001	1.12 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.9%
2002	1.11 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-0.6%
2003	1.16 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+4.6%
2004	1.21 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+4.2%
2005	1.23 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+1.8%
2006	1.22 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.1%
2007	1.17 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-3.7%
2008	1.11 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-5.3%
2009	1.09 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.4%
2010	1.09 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-0.5%
2011	1.09 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2012	1.05 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-4.2%
2013	1.02 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.7%
2014	0.9656 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-5.1%
2015	0.8997 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-6.8%
2016	0.8485 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-5.7%
2017	0.814 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-4.1%
2018	0.8044 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.2%
2019	0.783 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.7%
2020	0.7782 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-0.6%
2021	0.7548 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-3.0%
2022	0.7348 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-2.7%
2023	0.7277 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-1.0%
2024	0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	-3.3%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	2.32 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	2.15 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	2.51 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	10
1980s	1.89 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	1.67 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	2.2 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	10
1990s	1.41 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	1.16 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	1.65 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	10
2000s	1.16 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	1.09 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	1.23 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.9358 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	0.783 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	1.09 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.7398 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	0.7782 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

6 Ukraine 1.5 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP compare
7 Turkmenistan 1.32 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP compare
8 Iraq 1.24 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP compare
9 Russian Federation 1.24 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP compare
10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.23 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP compare
11 South Africa 1.2 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP compare
12 Trinidad and Tobago 1.2 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

More environment data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 1,350 Mt CO2e (2024)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 3,235 Mt CO2e (2024)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 1,585 Mt CO2e (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 41.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
Total fisheries production 142.46 million metric tons (2024)
Capture fisheries production 32.97 million metric tons (2024)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 15,301 Mt CO2e (2024)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 7.15 t CO2e/capita (2024)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 7,495 Mt CO2e (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 80.26 Mt CO2e (2024)

All data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) →

Frequently asked questions

What is carbon intensity of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?: Carbon intensity of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in 2024, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission.
What is the highest carbon intensity of gdp recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?: The highest recorded value was 2.51 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in 1978.
What is the lowest carbon intensity of gdp recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in 2024.
How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for carbon intensity of gdp?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 9th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
Is carbon intensity of gdp rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?: Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?: The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 03 September 2026

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$.