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Countries by CO2 per unit GDP (2022)

CO2 per unit GDP in 2022: highest in North Korea (1.392 kg/$), lowest in Switzerland (0.0589 kg/$), median 0.19 kg/$ across the 163 countries in this dataset, according to Our World in Data.

Browse CO2 per unit GDP (measured in kg/$) across 163 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from Our World in Data.

Unit: kg/$163 countries and regionsSource: Our World in Data
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1820–2022

Highest CO2 per unit GDP, 2022

  1. 1.North Korea1.392 kg/$
  2. 2.Turkmenistan0.908 kg/$
  3. 3.Trinidad and Tobago0.885 kg/$
  4. 4.Mongolia0.787 kg/$
  5. 5.Venezuela0.724 kg/$
  6. 6.Bahrain0.66 kg/$
  7. 7.South Africa0.585 kg/$
  8. 8.Kazakhstan0.545 kg/$
  9. 9.Syrian Arab Republic0.523 kg/$
  10. 10.Iran0.498 kg/$

Lowest CO2 per unit GDP, 2022

  1. 154.Hong Kong0.0861 kg/$
  2. 155.Norway0.0846 kg/$
  3. 156.Sweden0.0756 kg/$
  4. 157.Malawi0.0683 kg/$
  5. 158.Ethiopia0.0667 kg/$
  6. 159.Rwanda0.0655 kg/$
  7. 160.Sri Lanka0.0648 kg/$
  8. 161.DR Congo0.0629 kg/$
  9. 162.Uganda0.0604 kg/$
  10. 163.Switzerland0.0589 kg/$

All 163 ranked countries, 2022— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical CO2 per unit GDP trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

North KoreaRank 1 of 163TurkmenistanRank 2 of 163Trinidad and TobagoRank 3 of 163MongoliaRank 4 of 163VenezuelaRank 5 of 163BahrainRank 6 of 163South AfricaRank 7 of 163KazakhstanRank 8 of 163Syrian Arab RepublicRank 9 of 163IranRank 10 of 163KuwaitRank 11 of 163ZimbabweRank 12 of 163UkraineRank 13 of 163RussiaRank 14 of 163Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 15 of 163OmanRank 16 of 163IraqRank 17 of 163LibyaRank 18 of 163ChinaRank 19 of 163Lao PDRRank 20 of 163VietnamRank 21 of 163BarbadosRank 22 of 163SerbiaRank 23 of 163Kyrgyz RepublicRank 24 of 163Equatorial GuineaRank 25 of 163JamaicaRank 26 of 163MauritaniaRank 27 of 163YemenRank 28 of 163BulgariaRank 29 of 163MozambiqueRank 30 of 163Saudi ArabiaRank 31 of 163LebanonRank 32 of 163CambodiaRank 33 of 163BelarusRank 34 of 163MalaysiaRank 35 of 163AlgeriaRank 36 of 163Republic of the CongoRank 37 of 163ComorosRank 38 of 163CanadaRank 39 of 163UzbekistanRank 40 of 163BoliviaRank 41 of 163EstoniaRank 42 of 163St. LuciaRank 43 of 163AustraliaRank 44 of 163South KoreaRank 45 of 163Czech RepublicRank 46 of 163United Arab EmiratesRank 47 of 163SenegalRank 48 of 163QatarRank 49 of 163IndiaRank 50 of 163United StatesRank 51 of 163CubaRank 52 of 163PolandRank 53 of 163North MacedoniaRank 54 of 163DominicaRank 55 of 163JordanRank 56 of 163HondurasRank 57 of 163ThailandRank 58 of 163AzerbaijanRank 59 of 163TunisiaRank 60 of 163EcuadorRank 61 of 163MaliRank 62 of 163MexicoRank 63 of 163MoroccoRank 64 of 163IcelandRank 65 of 163GreeceRank 66 of 163ArgentinaRank 67 of 163MoldovaRank 68 of 163JapanRank 69 of 163IndonesiaRank 70 of 163SlovakiaRank 71 of 163TajikistanRank 72 of 163CyprusRank 73 of 163SeychellesRank 74 of 163LesothoRank 75 of 163LuxembourgRank 76 of 163MontenegroRank 77 of 163West Bank and GazaRank 78 of 163TogoRank 79 of 163ArmeniaRank 80 of 163BeninRank 81 of 163BotswanaRank 82 of 163IsraelRank 83 of 163TurkeyRank 84 of 163ChileRank 85 of 163SloveniaRank 86 of 163BelgiumRank 87 of 163PeruRank 88 of 163GuineaRank 89 of 163The GambiaRank 90 of 163CroatiaRank 91 of 163GermanyRank 92 of 163GeorgiaRank 93 of 163EgyptRank 94 of 163AfghanistanRank 95 of 163DjiboutiRank 96 of 163NicaraguaRank 97 of 163LiberiaRank 98 of 163Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 99 of 163NepalRank 100 of 163FinlandRank 101 of 163Dominican RepublicRank 102 of 163MauritiusRank 103 of 163Burkina FasoRank 104 of 163New ZealandRank 105 of 163HungaryRank 106 of 163ItalyRank 107 of 163HaitiRank 108 of 163PakistanRank 109 of 163AustriaRank 110 of 163ZambiaRank 111 of 163NamibiaRank 112 of 163LithuaniaRank 113 of 163BrazilRank 114 of 163PhilippinesRank 115 of 163NetherlandsRank 116 of 163GhanaRank 117 of 163SpainRank 118 of 163Cabo VerdeRank 119 of 163PortugalRank 120 of 163AngolaRank 121 of 163ColombiaRank 122 of 163RomaniaRank 123 of 163El SalvadorRank 124 of 163LatviaRank 125 of 163GuatemalaRank 126 of 163Cote d'IvoireRank 127 of 163Sierra LeoneRank 128 of 163GabonRank 129 of 163BangladeshRank 130 of 163ParaguayRank 131 of 163AlbaniaRank 132 of 163United KingdomRank 133 of 163IrelandRank 134 of 163NigerRank 135 of 163NigeriaRank 136 of 163PanamaRank 137 of 163FranceRank 138 of 163UruguayRank 139 of 163MadagascarRank 140 of 163SingaporeRank 141 of 163ChadRank 142 of 163MyanmarRank 143 of 163Guinea-BissauRank 144 of 163KenyaRank 145 of 163Central African RepublicRank 146 of 163EswatiniRank 147 of 163CameroonRank 148 of 163Costa RicaRank 149 of 163TanzaniaRank 150 of 163BurundiRank 151 of 163DenmarkRank 152 of 163MaltaRank 153 of 163Hong KongRank 154 of 163NorwayRank 155 of 163SwedenRank 156 of 163MalawiRank 157 of 163EthiopiaRank 158 of 163RwandaRank 159 of 163Sri LankaRank 160 of 163DR CongoRank 161 of 163UgandaRank 162 of 163SwitzerlandRank 163 of 163

CO2 per unit GDP Data Coverage

This page lists 163 countries with available CO2 per unit GDP data. Data sourced from Our World in Data. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.