Environment > Carbon efficiency: Countries Compared

Author: Edria Murray, Staff editor

As this statistic indicates the amount of polluting emissions per GDP dollar - a low value is more desirable.

Emissions per GDP dollar is calculated by comparing <a

href=/graph/env_co2_emi&int=-1>total Carbon dioxide emissions</a> to <a

href=/graph/eco_gdp&int=-1>total GDP</a>.
In general, countries which have a high GDP also have a high rate of carbon dioxide

emissions. However a country can gain a high value in this statistic by having high total

carbon dioxide emissions, a low GDP or both.

For example: Burkina Faso has a similar GDP to Trinidad & Tobago. However the total

Carbon dioxide emissions of Trinidad and Tobago are eighteen times as high as those for

Burkina Faso, so Trinidad and Tobago has a very high value for emissions per GDP.

Carbon dioxide emissions in Burkina Faso have remained roughly static since 1998, however

emissions per GDP may appear to be lower than in the past as the GDP of Burkina Faso has

increased significantly over this time period.

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DEFINITION: Carbon economic efficiency (CO2 emissions per dollar GDP)
Units: Metric Tons/US Dollar GDP.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Trinidad and Tobago	6.29 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
2	Azerbaijan	5.94 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
3	Uzbekistan	5.75 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
4	Ukraine	5.69 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
5	Turkmenistan	5.67 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
6	Mongolia	5.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
7	United Arab Emirates	4.92 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
8	Kazakhstan	4.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
9	North Korea	4.72 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
10	Estonia	3.89 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
11	Russia	3.84 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
12	Republic of Macedonia	3.74 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
13	Saudi Arabia	3.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	3.5 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
14	Jamaica	3.29 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
15	Iraq	3.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
16	Bulgaria	3.15 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
17	Venezuela	3.04 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
18	Kuwait	2.92 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
19	Moldova	2.91 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
20	Poland	2.84 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
21	Libya	2.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	OPEC countries average (profile)	2.75 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
22	Syria	2.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
23	South Africa	2.56 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
24	Belarus	2.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.5 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
26	Lebanon	2.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	2.43 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
27	Czech Republic	2.43 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
28	Iran	2.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=29	Tajikistan	2.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=29	Oman	2.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	2.24 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
31	Jordan	2.16 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
32	Nigeria	2.12 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
33	Australia	2.07 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.04 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Cold countries average (profile)	2.04 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
35	China	2.03 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
36	Algeria	2.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
37	Mauritania	2 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Muslim countries average (profile)	1.96 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Emerging markets average (profile)	1.93 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
38	Malaysia	1.92 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
39	Slovakia	1.89 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
40	Ecuador	1.85 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
41	Romania	1.81 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
42	United States	1.77 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
43	Bolivia	1.76 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	1.75 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
44	Canada	1.69 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
45	Lithuania	1.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
46	Croatia	1.67 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	European Union average (profile)	1.55 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
47	Cuba	1.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	NATO countries average (profile)	1.52 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=48	South Korea	1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=48	Israel	1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=48	Greece	1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
51	Thailand	1.5 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
52	Kyrgyzstan	1.49 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
53	Hungary	1.47 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
54	Cote d'Ivoire	1.46 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=55	Latvia	1.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=55	Egypt	1.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
57	India	1.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	1.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Eurozone average (profile)	1.38 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=58	Mexico	1.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=58	Slovenia	1.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=60	Dominica	1.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=60	Turkey	1.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
62	Finland	1.28 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
63	Chile	1.26 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=64	Netherlands	1.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=64	Ireland	1.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	1.22 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=66	New Zealand	1.19 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=66	Germany	1.19 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=68	United Kingdom	1.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=68	Tunisia	1.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=70	Zimbabwe	1.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=70	Pakistan	1.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=72	Indonesia	1.11 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=72	Armenia	1.11 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
74	Belgium	1.1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
75	Bhutan	1.09 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	1.09 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
76	Denmark	1.08 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	failed states average (profile)	1.04 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=77	Panama	1.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=77	Botswana	1.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
79	Gabon	1.01 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=80	Spain	1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=80	Japan	1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	South Asia average (profile)	0.995 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
82	Liberia	0.99 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
83	Portugal	0.97 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
84	Honduras	0.93 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=85	Morocco	0.91 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=85	Italy	0.91 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=85	Nicaragua	0.91 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
88	Austria	0.9 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
89	Vietnam	0.88 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
90	Guinea-Bissau	0.86 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
91	Kenya	0.85 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
92	Argentina	0.82 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
	Former French colonies average (profile)	0.782 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=93	France	0.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=93	Iceland	0.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
95	Philippines	0.77 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
96	Colombia	0.75 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
97	Norway	0.74 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
98	Senegal	0.73 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
99	Brazil	0.71 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
100	Sweden	0.7 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
101	Guatemala	0.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
102	Peru	0.67 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
103	El Salvador	0.65 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
104	Switzerland	0.61 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=105	Sierra Leone	0.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=105	Papua New Guinea	0.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
107	Zambia	0.58 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=108	Paraguay	0.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=108	Angola	0.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
110	Uruguay	0.53 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
111	Costa Rica	0.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
112	Albania	0.44 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
113	Burma	0.42 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=114	Tanzania	0.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=114	Togo	0.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=114	Niger	0.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
117	Sri Lanka	0.38 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
118	Benin	0.37 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=119	Malawi	0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=119	Bangladesh	0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=119	Ghana	0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
122	The Gambia	0.34 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
123	Haiti	0.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=124	Madagascar	0.3 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=124	Nepal	0.3 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=126	Burkina Faso	0.28 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=126	Mozambique	0.28 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=128	Guinea	0.25 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=128	Sudan	0.25 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
130	Cameroon	0.22 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
131	Rwanda	0.21 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
132	Mali	0.18 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
133	Central African Republic	0.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
134	Burundi	0.16 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=135	Ethiopia	0.15 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=135	Uganda	0.15 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
137	Laos	0.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
138	Cambodia	0.12 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
139	Chad	0.05 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	1998
=140	Somalia	0.0	1998
=140	Namibia	0.0	1998

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