List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions

Last updated December 22, 2019

On 6 October 2010, the International Energy Agency released for free download the 2008 numbers for over 140 countries/regions/economies.^[1]

The list of countries below is arranged by their ratio of gross domestic product (GDP), nominal and by purchasing power parity (PPP), to carbon dioxide emissions. GDP data is for the year 2006 produced by the International Monetary Fund. Carbon dioxide emissions data is for 2006, provided by the CDIAC for United Nations (see List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions).

The countries at the top of the list are the most efficient. They produce the most economic output with the least emissions. Countries at the bottom of the list produce the most emissions per unit of economic output.

List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions in 2006
Rank	Country	Annual CO 2 emissions (in thousands of metric tons)	GDP (current, in billions of US dollars)	GDP per Emissions (in US dollars per ton)	GDP (PPP, in billions of current international dollars)	PPP GDP per Emissions (in international dollars per ton)
1	Chad	396	6.31	15,924	15.40	38,881
2	Afghanistan	697	7.72	11,080	17.56	25,187
3	Mali	568	6.13	10,789	13.10	23,055
4	Switzerland	41,826	388.68	9,293	283.84	6,786
5	Norway	40,220	337.09	8,381	232.37	5,778
6	Sweden	50,875	393.76	7,740	318.42	6,259
7	Iceland	2,215	16.69	7,534	11.40	5,147
8	Burkina Faso	788	5.78	7,331	15.57	19,760
9	France	383,148	2,271.28	5,928	1,974.39	5,153
10	Central African Republic	249	1.48	5,924	2.89	11,618
11	Republic of the Congo	1,463	7.74	5,289	13.10	8,954
12	Ireland	43,806	222.61	5,082	173.01	3,949
13	Denmark	53,944	274.11	5,081	193.54	3,588
14	Cameroon	3,645	17.96	4,926	37.14	10,189
15	Hong Kong	39,039	189.93	4,865	268.53	6,878
16	Burundi	198	0.92	4,641	2.72	13,758
17	Gabon	2,057	9.55	4,641	18.63	9,057
18	Comoros	88	0.40	4,591	0.71	8,034
19	Vanuatu	92	0.42	4,522	0.83	9,065
20	Austria	71,834	323.07	4,497	298.57	4,156
21	Zambia	2,471	10.89	4,408	14.74	5,965
22	United Kingdom	568,520	2,435.70	4,284	2,048.99	3,604
23	Angola	10,582	45.17	4,268	73.45	6,941
24	Netherlands	168,513	677.96	4,023	609.87	3,619
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,200	8.79	3,993	17.43	7,924
26	Italy	474,148	1,865.11	3,934	1,720.64	3,629
27	Cape Verde	308	1.20	3,906	1.47	4,776
28	Niger	935	3.65	3,903	8.56	9,157
29	Luxembourg	11,277	42.59	3,777	36.02	3,194
30	Belgium	107,199	400.30	3,734	358.02	3,340
—	European Union	3,908,662	14,510.82	3,712	13,641.22	3,490
31	Kiribati	29	0.11	3,690	0.56	19,448
32	Uganda	2,706	9.96	3,680	29.58	10,930
33	Germany	805,090	2,914.99	3,621	2,671.45	3,318
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis	136	0.49	3,588	0.68	4,963
35	Rwanda	796	2.83	3,559	7.93	9,960
36	Mozambique	2,039	7.21	3,538	15.60	7,651
37	Spain	352,235	1,233.43	3,502	1,269.57	3,604
38	New Zealand	30,488	105.97	3,476	106.59	3,496
39	Japan	1,293,409	4,363.63	3,374	4,079.14	3,154
40	Sudan	10,813	36.40	3,366	71.17	6,581
41	Portugal	60,001	195.19	3,253	220.57	3,676
42	Bahamas	2,138	6.88	3,216	8.67	4,053
43	Finland	66,693	209.71	3,144	172.98	2,594
44	Brazil	352,524	1,089.30	3,090	1,700.57	4,824
45	Malawi	1,049	3.15	2,998	9.11	8,685
46	Uruguay	6,864	20.00	2,914	34.60	5,041
47	El Salvador	6,461	18.65	2,887	38.79	6,004
48	Costa Rica	7,854	22.53	2,868	41.86	5,330
49	Namibia	2,831	7.98	2,819	11.98	4,230
50	Nepal	3,241	9.03	2,787	27.86	8,595
51	Greece	96,382	267.71	2,778	303.60	3,150
52	Samoa	158	0.43	2,747	0.95	5,987
53	Dominica	117	0.32	2,709	0.66	5,632
54	Latvia	7,462	19.94	2,672	35.22	4,720
55	Tanzania	5,372	14.35	2,671	44.46	8,276
56	Haiti	1,811	4.84	2,670	10.52	5,809
57	Panama	6,428	17.13	2,666	30.21	4,700
58	Eswatini	1,016	2.67	2,629	5.18	5,095
59	Guatemala	11,766	30.26	2,572	57.77	4,910
60	Slovenia	15,173	38.94	2,566	51.14	3,370
61	Colombia	63,422	162.50	2,562	342.77	5,405
62	Malta	2,548	6.44	2,528	8.88	3,485
63	Ivory Coast	6,882	17.38	2,526	31.22	4,536
64	Ethiopia	6,006	15.17	2,525	54.39	9,055
65	Saint Lucia	367	0.93	2,520	1.69	4,616
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	198	0.50	2,515	0.96	4,843
67	Singapore	56,217	139.18	2,476	208.75	3,713
68	Laos	1,426	3.51	2,459	11.41	8,000
69	Bhutan	381	0.93	2,444	2.61	6,850
70	Chile	60,100	146.76	2,442	214.41	3,568
71	Peru	38,643	92.31	2,389	195.99	5,072
72	Barbados	1,338	3.19	2,385	4.80	3,590
73	Sri Lanka	11,876	28.28	2,381	77.51	6,526
74	Botswana	4,770	11.30	2,369	23.51	4,929
75	Antigua and Barbuda	425	1.01	2,367	1.41	3,315
76	Cyprus	7,788	18.43	2,366	19.99	2,566
77	Canada	544,680	1,278.97	2,348	1,203.74	2,210
78	Grenada	242	0.56	2,331	1.05	4,331
79	Paraguay	3,986	9.28	2,327	24.81	6,224
80	United States	5,752,289	13,178.35	2,291	13,178.35	2,291
81	Equatorial Guinea	4,356	9.60	2,205	15.76	3,618
82	Senegal	4,261	9.37	2,198	19.30	4,529
83	Eritrea	554	1.21	2,186	3.48	6,283
84	Mexico	436,150	952.34	2,184	1,408.81	3,230
85	Guinea	1,360	2.90	2,135	9.29	6,829
86	Lithuania	14,190	30.08	2,120	54.04	3,808
87	Albania	4,301	9.11	2,119	18.34	4,264
88	Croatia	23,683	49.04	2,071	72.63	3,067
89	Israel	70,440	143.98	2,044	174.61	2,479
90	Australia	372,013	755.21	2,030	713.96	1,919
91	South Korea	475,248	952.03	2,003	1,190.70	2,505
92	Fiji	1,610	3.17	1,967	3.74	2,320
93	Turkey	269,452	529.19	1,964	824.58	3,060
94	Hungary	57,644	113.05	1,961	183.84	3,189
95	Madagascar	2,834	5.52	1,947	16.84	5,943
96	Brunei	5,911	11.47	1,940	18.93	3,203
97	Timor-Leste	176	0.33	1,858	1.96	11,153
98	Solomon Islands	180	0.33	1,856	0.86	4,789
99	Kenya	12,151	22.52	1,853	52.74	4,340
100	Togo	1,221	2.22	1,818	4.96	4,066
101	Tonga	132	0.24	1,788	0.54	4,076
102	Cambodia	4,074	7.26	1,783	23.03	5,653
103	Dominican Republic	20,357	35.28	1,733	63.94	3,141
104	Philippines	68,328	117.57	1,721	272.25	3,984
105	Bolivia	6,973	11.53	1,653	37.37	5,359
106	Mauritius	3,850	6.32	1,641	13.09	3,399
107	Mauritania	1,665	2.70	1,621	5.74	3,448
108	Djibouti	488	0.77	1,576	1.61	3,297
109	Bangladesh	41,609	65.20	1,567	190.93	4,589
110	Benin	3,109	4.74	1,524	11.29	3,631
111	Gambia	334	0.51	1,521	1.92	5,743
112	Nigeria	97,262	146.89	1,510	268.21	2,758
113	Honduras	7,194	10.84	1,507	28.20	3,920
114	Slovakia	37,459	56.00	1,495	96.76	2,583
115	Belize	818	1.21	1,483	2.31	2,823
116	Lebanon	15,330	22.44	1,464	40.46	2,639
117	Armenia	4,371	6.38	1,461	14.68	3,357
118	Morocco	45,316	65.64	1,448	120.32	2,655
119	Myanmar	10,025	14.50	1,447	55.55	5,541
120	Sierra Leone	994	1.42	1,433	3.62	3,644
121	Georgia	5,518	7.77	1,408	17.77	3,221
122	Ghana	9,240	12.73	1,378	28.72	3,108
123	Tunisia	23,126	31.11	1,345	70.57	3,052
124	Ecuador	31,328	41.40	1,322	94.48	3,016
125	Seychelles	744	0.97	1,301	1.61	2,157
126	Romania	98,490	122.70	1,246	226.51	2,300
127	Qatar	46,193	56.92	1,232	66.90	1,448
128	Argentina	173,536	212.71	1,226	469.75	2,707
129	Czech Republic	116,991	142.31	1,216	228.48	1,953
130	Nicaragua	4,334	5.26	1,215	14.93	3,444
131	São Tomé and Príncipe	103	0.13	1,214	0.24	2,311
132	Papua New Guinea	4,620	5.61	1,213	10.91	2,361
133	United Arab Emirates	139,553	164.17	1,176	154.35	1,106
134	Kuwait	86,599	101.56	1,173	119.96	1,385
135	Guinea-Bissau	279	0.32	1,136	0.76	2,724
136	Indonesia	333,483	364.35	1,093	767.92	2,303
137	Venezuela	171,593	184.25	1,074	300.80	1,753
138	Poland	318,219	341.67	1,074	567.94	1,785
139	Maldives	869	0.92	1,053	1.44	1,654
140	Libya	55,495	55.08	992	75.47	1,360
141	Jamaica	12,151	11.45	942	19.93	1,640
142	Estonia	17,523	16.45	939	25.31	1,444
143	Saudi Arabia	381,564	356.63	935	522.12	1,368
144	Yemen	21,201	19.06	899	49.21	2,321
145	Pakistan	142,659	127.49	894	372.96	2,614
146	Algeria	132,715	116.83	880	209.40	1,578
147	Suriname	2,438	2.14	878	3.76	1,543
148	Oman	41,378	35.73	863	56.44	1,364
149	Malaysia	187,865	156.86	835	328.97	1,751
150	Liberia	785	0.61	780	1.19	1,520
151	Thailand	272,521	206.99	760	483.56	1,774
152	Bahrain	21,292	15.85	744	22.41	1,053
153	Jordan	20,724	14.84	716	26.25	1,266
154	Bulgaria	48,085	31.69	659	79.24	1,648
155	Egypt	166,800	107.38	644	367.64	2,204
156	Russia	1,564,669	989.43	632	1,887.61	1,206
157	South Africa	414,649	257.89	622	433.51	1,045
158	Serbia and Montenegro	53,266	32.30	606	72.93	1,369
159	Guyana	1,507	0.91	606	2.70	1,792
160	Azerbaijan	35,050	21.03	600	51.71	1,475
161	North Macedonia	10,875	6.38	587	16.14	1,484
162	India	1,510,351	874.77	579	2,672.66	1,770
163	Trinidad and Tobago	33,601	19.38	577	23.62	703
164	Vietnam	106,132	60.93	574	198.94	1,874
165	Belarus	68,849	36.96	537	94.80	1,377
166	Iraq	92,572	49.27	532	90.51	978
167	Kyrgyzstan	5,566	2.84	510	9.45	1,698
168	Zimbabwe	11,081	5.60	505	2.29	207
169	Syria	68,460	33.51	489	82.09	1,199
170	Turkmenistan	44,103	21.40	485	23.40	531
171	Iran	466,976	222.13	476	693.32	1,485
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,438	12.28	447	25.70	937
173	Tajikistan	6,391	2.81	440	10.69	1,672
174	Moldova	7,821	3.41	436	9.19	1,175
175	China	6,103,493	2,657.84	435	6,122.24	1,003
176	Kazakhstan	193,508	81.00	419	150.56	778
177	Ukraine	319,158	108.00	338	291.30	913
178	Mongolia	9,442	3.16	334	7.47	791
179	Uzbekistan	115,672	17.03	147	57.09	494

^ Including French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Réunion
^ Including Greenland and Faroe Islands
^ Including Netherlands Antilles
^ Including Taiwan and Macau, excluding Hong Kong

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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