List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions
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This is a list of countries arranged by their ratio of Gross domestic product (GDP (Nominal)) to carbon dioxide emissions. The values were calculated by taking the ratio of percentage of global GDP and percentage of global carbon dioxide emissions. GDP data is for the year 2004 produced by the International Monetary Fund. Carbon dioxide emissions data was collected in 2004 by the CDIAC for United Nations (see List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions).
Country | GDP (in billions of US Dollars) |
CO2 emissions (in thousands of metric tons) |
GDP per Emissions (in thousands of US Dollars per metric ton) |
Chad | 4.421 | 125 | 35.368 |
Cambodia | 5.307 | 535 | 9.920 |
Switzerland | 360.152 | 40,457 | 8.902 |
Mali | 4.944 | 565 | 8.750 |
Afghanistan | 5.971 | 693 | 8.616 |
Sweden | 349.557 | 53,033 | 6.591 |
Iceland | 13.063 | 2,229 | 5.860 |
France | 2,059.71 | 383,310 | 5.373 |
Gabon | 7.188 | 1,371 | 5.243 |
Central African Republic | 1.309 | 253 | 5.174 |
Burkina Faso | 5.114 | 1,096 | 4.666 |
Denmark | 243.85 | 54,188 | 4.500 |
Hong Kong | 165.823 | 37,411 | 4.432 |
Ireland | 183.473 | 42,353 | 4.332 |
Austria | 293.194 | 69,846 | 4.198 |
Netherlands | 609.038 | 146,149 | 4.167 |
Comoros | 0.363 | 88 | 4.125 |
Cameroon | 15.784 | 3,839 | 4.111 |
Italy | 1,728.86 | 449,948 | 3.842 |
Vanuatu | 0.33 | 88 | 3.750 |
Uganda | 6.817 | 1,826 | 3.733 |
United Kingdom | 2,155.16 | 587,261 | 3.670 |
Japan | 4,608.14 | 1,257,963 | 3.663 |
Belgium | 359.155 | 100,716 | 3.566 |
Germany | 2,744.22 | 808,767 | 3.393 |
Cape Verde | 0.925 | 275 | 3.364 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.406 | 125 | 3.248 |
Rwanda | 1.835 | 572 | 3.208 |
Spain | 1,044.51 | 330,497 | 3.160 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.539 | 2,104 | 3.108 |
New Zealand | 97.646 | 31,570 | 3.093 |
Portugal | 179.377 | 58,906 | 3.045 |
Burundi | 0.664 | 220 | 3.018 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 15.501 | 5,162 | 3.003 |
Luxembourg | 33.564 | 11,277 | 2.976 |
Guinea | 3.97 | 1,338 | 2.967 |
Norway | 258.986 | 87,602 | 2.956 |
Costa Rica | 18.567 | 6,405 | 2.899 |
Finland | 189.411 | 65,799 | 2.879 |
Bahamas | 5.661 | 2,009 | 2.818 |
Greece | 264.493 | 96,695 | 2.735 |
Mozambique | 5.913 | 2,167 | 2.729 |
Tanzania | 11.339 | 4,352 | 2.605 |
Dominica | 0.272 | 106 | 2.566 |
El Salvador | 15.822 | 6,167 | 2.566 |
Angola | 19.8 | 7,897 | 2.507 |
Panama | 14.179 | 5,661 | 2.505 |
Swaziland | 2.386 | 957 | 2.493 |
Fiji | 2.627 | 1,071 | 2.453 |
Niger | 2.948 | 1,214 | 2.428 |
Uruguay | 13.268 | 5,477 | 2.422 |
Zambia | 5.44 | 2,288 | 2.378 |
Cyprus | 15.789 | 6,750 | 2.339 |
Botswana | 9.831 | 4,301 | 2.286 |
Namibia | 5.61 | 2,471 | 2.270 |
Guatemala | 27.27 | 12,220 | 2.232 |
Nepal | 6.757 | 3,043 | 2.221 |
Barbados | 2.817 | 1,269 | 2.220 |
Malta | 5.428 | 2,453 | 2.213 |
Peru | 69.663 | 31,493 | 2.212 |
Sudan | 21.691 | 10,372 | 2.091 |
St. Lucia | 0.763 | 367 | 2.079 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.408 | 198 | 2.061 |
Samoa | 0.309 | 150 | 2.060 |
Singapore | 107.405 | 52,252 | 2.056 |
Albania | 7.452 | 3,674 | 2.028 |
Slovenia | 32.738 | 16,212 | 2.019 |
Haiti | 3.531 | 1,756 | 2.011 |
Kiribati | 0.058 | 29 | 2.000 |
Brazil | 663.552 | 331,795 | 2.000 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.818 | 414 | 1.976 |
Grenada | 0.426 | 216 | 1.972 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.508 | 1,280 | 1.959 |
Australia | 639.356 | 326,757 | 1.957 |
United States | 11,712.48 | 6,049,435 | 1.936 |
Latvia | 13.737 | 7,098 | 1.935 |
Timor-Leste | 0.339 | 176 | 1.926 |
Mauritius | 5.93 | 3,197 | 1.855 |
Colombia | 98.059 | 53,634 | 1.828 |
Malawi | 1.903 | 1,045 | 1.821 |
Djibouti | 0.666 | 367 | 1.815 |
Hungary | 102.159 | 57,183 | 1.787 |
Sri Lanka | 20.055 | 11,534 | 1.739 |
Israel | 122.503 | 71,247 | 1.719 |
Bhutan | 0.709 | 414 | 1.713 |
Benin | 4.053 | 2,387 | 1.698 |
Lithuania | 22.508 | 13,309 | 1.691 |
Paraguay | 6.95 | 4,180 | 1.663 |
Madagascar | 4.359 | 2,731 | 1.596 |
Senegal | 7.958 | 4,993 | 1.594 |
Bangladesh | 59.12 | 37,165 | 1.591 |
Mexico | 683.486 | 438,022 | 1.560 |
Tonga | 0.182 | 117 | 1.556 |
Canada | 993.908 | 639,403 | 1.554 |
Chile | 95.839 | 62,418 | 1.535 |
Kenya | 16.199 | 10,588 | 1.530 |
Solomon Islands | 0.265 | 176 | 1.506 |
Croatia | 35.261 | 23,501 | 1.500 |
South Korea | 681.227 | 465,643 | 1.463 |
Papua New Guinea | 3.514 | 2,449 | 1.435 |
Gambia | 0.401 | 286 | 1.402 |
Turkey | 302.561 | 226,125 | 1.338 |
Belize | 1.055 | 792 | 1.332 |
Lebanon | 21.369 | 16,263 | 1.314 |
Cuba | 33.92 | 25,818 | 1.314 |
Georgia | 5.111 | 3,912 | 1.306 |
Seychelles | 0.7 | 546 | 1.282 |
Bolivia | 8.749 | 6,973 | 1.255 |
Ghana | 8.872 | 7,190 | 1.234 |
Tunisia | 28.129 | 22,885 | 1.229 |
Republic of Congo | 4.349 | 3,542 | 1.228 |
Morocco | 50.031 | 41,169 | 1.215 |
Ethiopia | 9.485 | 7,982 | 1.188 |
Slovak Republic | 42.015 | 36,289 | 1.158 |
Nicaragua | 4.496 | 4,007 | 1.122 |
Ecuador | 32.636 | 29,268 | 1.115 |
Maldives | 0.806 | 726 | 1.110 |
Myanmar | 10.786 | 9,760 | 1.105 |
Sierra Leone | 1.073 | 994 | 1.079 |
Philippines | 86.703 | 80,512 | 1.077 |
Argentina | 151.958 | 141,786 | 1.072 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0.27 | 271 | 0.996 |
Armenia | 3.573 | 3,648 | 0.979 |
Honduras | 7.454 | 7,615 | 0.979 |
Liberia | 0.46 | 470 | 0.979 |
Dominican Republic | 18.435 | 19,640 | 0.939 |
Czech Republic | 108.214 | 116,991 | 0.925 |
Equatorial Guinea | 4.85 | 5,426 | 0.894 |
Brunei Darussalam | 7.872 | 8,810 | 0.894 |
Eritrea | 0.635 | 755 | 0.841 |
Togo | 1.94 | 2,310 | 0.840 |
Romania | 75.487 | 90,425 | 0.835 |
Jamaica | 8.801 | 10,592 | 0.831 |
Poland | 252.668 | 307,238 | 0.822 |
Saudi Arabia | 250.673 | 308,393 | 0.813 |
Oman | 24.749 | 30,899 | 0.801 |
Pakistan | 98.094 | 125,669 | 0.781 |
United Arab Emirates | 103.784 | 149,188 | 0.696 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.064 | 92 | 0.696 |
Jordan | 11.398 | 16,465 | 0.692 |
Indonesia | 257.005 | 378,250 | 0.679 |
Malaysia | 118.461 | 177,584 | 0.667 |
Iraq | 54.4 | 81,652 | 0.666 |
Bahrain | 11.18 | 16,949 | 0.660 |
Suriname | 1.493 | 2,284 | 0.654 |
Venezuela | 112.8 | 172,623 | 0.653 |
Yemen | 13.565 | 21,114 | 0.642 |
Nigeria | 71.533 | 114,025 | 0.627 |
Estonia | 11.646 | 18,944 | 0.615 |
Thailand | 161.349 | 268,082 | 0.602 |
Qatar | 31.734 | 52,904 | 0.600 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.331 | 15,596 | 0.598 |
Kuwait | 59.268 | 99,364 | 0.596 |
Mauritania | 1.495 | 2,555 | 0.585 |
Bulgaria | 24.331 | 42,558 | 0.572 |
Guyana | 0.786 | 1,445 | 0.544 |
Republic of Macedonia | 5.377 | 10,420 | 0.516 |
Libya | 30.475 | 59,914 | 0.509 |
Egypt | 78.802 | 158,237 | 0.498 |
India | 667.342 | 1,342,962 | 0.497 |
South Africa | 216.772 | 437,032 | 0.496 |
Vietnam | 45.548 | 98,663 | 0.462 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 24.518 | 53,322 | 0.460 |
People's Republic of China | 2,253.941 | 5,012,377 | 0.450 |
Zimbabwe | 4.7 | 10,559 | 0.445 |
Algeria | 85.016 | 194,001 | 0.438 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 13.527 | 32,557 | 0.415 |
Tajikistan | 2.073 | 5,004 | 0.414 |
Russia | 591.861 | 1,524,993 | 0.388 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 2.215 | 5,727 | 0.387 |
Iran | 161.261 | 433,571 | 0.372 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 24.703 | 68,420 | 0.361 |
Belarus | 23.141 | 64,890 | 0.357 |
Turkmenistan | 14.196 | 41,726 | 0.340 |
Moldova | 2.598 | 7,685 | 0.338 |
North Korea | 22 | 79,111 | 0.278 |
Azerbaijan | 8.682 | 31,365 | 0.277 |
Kazakhstan | 43.152 | 200,278 | 0.215 |
Ukraine | 64.883 | 330,039 | 0.197 |
Mongolia | 1.625 | 8,553 | 0.190 |
Uzbekistan | 12.001 | 137,907 | 0.087 |
- ^ Including Greenland and Faroe Islands
- ^ Including French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Réunion
- ^ Including Netherlands Antilles
- ^ Including Taiwan and Macau, excluding Hong Kong
[edit] Source
Gross Domestic Product
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2007
Carbon Dioxide Emissions United Nations Millennium Development Goals Indicators, last updated - August 1, 2007
[edit] See also
- Greenhouse gas
- List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
- Kyoto Protocol
- Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
- Carbon cycle