List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions

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

146149

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

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

  • List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions

See also

  • Greenhouse gas
  • List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
  • Carbon cycle