Palau is the top country by CO2 emissions intensity in the world. As of 2021, CO2 emissions intensity in Palau was 5.7 tonnes per 1000 dollar GDP that accounts for 12.89% of the world's CO2 emissions intensity. The top 5 countries (others are Turkmenistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Mongolia, and Oman) account for 19.57% of it. The world's total CO2 emissions intensity was estimated at 44.26 tonnes per 1000 dollar GDP in 2021.

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Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.

CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes per 1000 dollar GDP)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Afghanistan0.100.060.040.140.210.160.120.110.120.100.110.120.100.110.11
Albania0.420.180.170.150.160.140.150.150.140.130.150.140.130.130.11
Algeria0.300.310.280.300.300.330.330.340.350.330.340.350.360.360.35
Angola0.170.220.130.130.130.120.130.140.150.140.120.110.120.110.12
Antigua and Barbuda0.440.350.440.530.630.650.660.660.620.600.410.420.400.410.44
Argentina0.220.200.210.190.190.190.190.200.190.200.190.190.180.190.19
Armenia1.130.290.210.170.180.200.180.170.160.160.150.150.150.170.17
Australia0.530.480.450.410.400.390.370.350.350.350.340.330.330.300.29
Austria0.220.180.200.170.160.160.160.150.150.150.150.140.140.140.14
Azerbaijan1.000.870.510.190.220.240.230.230.230.240.240.240.250.260.25
Bahamas0.290.280.220.250.250.300.300.290.270.280.280.320.310.340.33
Bahrain0.630.540.550.520.510.520.520.520.510.490.470.470.490.520.52
Bangladesh0.080.090.110.120.120.120.110.110.120.120.120.120.120.110.11
Barbados0.370.390.410.450.540.540.560.500.500.490.380.430.430.420.45
Belarus1.200.710.530.410.370.370.370.360.340.350.350.360.340.320.32
Belgium0.330.290.250.220.200.190.200.180.180.180.170.170.170.160.16
Belize0.370.310.310.320.320.340.360.330.360.360.300.260.240.240.25
Benin0.040.090.140.210.190.180.170.180.190.220.210.230.210.200.20
Bhutan0.120.180.160.160.190.170.170.160.180.180.180.200.210.220.25
Bolivia0.210.180.190.230.240.240.240.240.240.240.240.240.230.220.23
Bosnia and Herzegovina3.000.500.480.550.620.580.560.500.480.530.520.500.460.470.30
Botswana0.260.240.210.130.150.120.170.210.220.200.210.200.200.190.18
Brazil0.150.180.160.150.160.160.170.180.170.170.170.160.150.150.16
Brunei0.180.210.200.280.280.270.270.270.250.280.290.300.270.260.27
Bulgaria0.730.560.460.360.390.350.320.330.340.310.310.290.270.240.27
Burkina Faso0.050.070.060.080.080.080.090.080.110.100.110.110.110.110.11
Burundi0.040.060.040.050.050.050.050.050.050.060.060.080.090.080.08
Cape Verde0.110.180.290.260.270.230.220.230.230.230.240.230.220.250.25
Cambodia0.030.110.100.130.130.130.120.140.160.180.190.200.220.240.23
Cameroon0.120.130.100.120.110.100.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.100.10
Canada0.490.480.430.370.370.360.360.350.350.340.340.340.330.310.31
Central African Republic0.060.080.070.040.040.040.040.050.060.060.060.060.060.060.06
Chad0.050.040.030.030.030.050.050.050.060.060.090.090.090.080.09
Chile0.260.230.200.200.210.200.200.180.190.200.200.190.200.190.17
China1.500.850.910.780.780.750.710.670.620.580.550.540.520.520.50
Colombia0.190.170.140.120.120.120.130.120.120.120.110.110.110.110.10
Comoros0.040.070.090.080.070.070.080.070.070.080.100.110.110.100.10
Congo0.200.330.260.240.220.180.220.200.230.250.260.320.350.390.40
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.050.060.060.050.060.050.060.070.040.030.040.030.040.030.03
Costa Rica0.090.100.100.090.090.090.090.090.080.090.080.080.080.070.07
Côte d’Ivoire0.060.100.100.100.100.120.120.110.110.110.110.100.100.100.10
Croatia0.300.240.230.200.200.190.180.180.180.170.170.160.160.160.15
Cuba0.390.270.170.130.120.120.120.100.110.100.090.090.080.070.08
Cyprus0.310.300.280.250.240.230.230.240.230.230.220.210.200.180.18
Czechia0.670.510.410.340.330.320.300.290.280.280.260.250.230.220.23
Denmark0.270.210.180.170.150.140.140.130.120.120.110.100.090.080.08
Djibouti0.580.320.270.320.200.240.240.230.190.160.140.140.130.110.11
Dominica0.100.240.460.440.490.500.460.480.490.490.240.260.240.240.25
Dominican Republic0.180.240.200.170.170.170.160.150.150.150.140.140.140.140.13
Ecuador0.210.210.220.240.230.210.220.220.220.220.200.210.210.190.22
Egypt0.270.240.280.250.250.260.250.250.250.240.250.250.230.200.21
El Salvador0.090.150.170.150.150.150.150.140.150.150.130.140.150.140.14
Equatorial Guinea0.150.440.380.330.320.290.280.250.230.260.240.280.260.280.29
Eritrea0.080.110.080.060.060.060.060.060.060.060.060.060.060.050.05
Estonia1.420.680.560.640.580.530.590.540.490.480.470.470.310.300.29
Ethiopia0.060.080.080.060.060.070.070.080.070.080.080.080.080.070.07
Fiji0.160.200.200.190.140.130.130.140.140.130.130.130.140.160.17
Finland0.350.280.250.270.230.210.220.200.190.190.180.180.160.150.14
Gabon0.360.320.290.250.230.220.220.220.210.220.180.170.170.170.17
The Gambia0.070.100.110.110.120.110.110.120.110.110.110.100.100.100.10
Georgia0.650.270.170.170.190.190.200.210.220.220.220.200.210.220.20
Germany0.350.250.230.210.200.200.200.190.190.190.180.170.160.150.15
Ghana0.090.110.100.120.110.120.120.120.120.120.120.120.120.130.13
Greece0.320.310.280.240.260.260.250.240.230.230.230.220.200.180.17
Grenada0.160.190.270.340.380.400.410.360.330.330.200.200.200.190.20
Guatemala0.080.130.130.110.110.110.120.120.130.140.130.140.140.120.13
Guinea0.120.120.120.140.130.120.100.100.120.120.110.100.100.090.10
Guinea-Bissau0.110.110.130.130.110.110.110.110.110.110.080.080.080.080.09
Guyana0.330.290.250.240.240.250.230.240.240.270.270.270.280.180.16
Haiti0.050.070.070.090.100.090.090.100.100.100.100.100.100.090.10
Honduras0.120.190.210.200.210.210.210.210.210.190.180.190.180.170.17
Hong Kong0.210.170.140.120.120.120.120.120.110.110.100.100.100.080.07
Hungary0.370.290.240.210.200.190.180.170.180.170.180.170.160.160.16
Iceland0.260.250.220.250.240.240.230.220.210.170.170.160.160.140.15
India0.380.370.330.330.340.350.340.340.320.300.290.290.280.280.28
Indonesia0.200.250.240.220.230.220.200.200.200.180.190.200.200.190.19
Iran0.390.490.500.510.500.530.550.550.550.520.520.540.540.550.54
Iraq0.530.410.440.440.420.420.420.410.390.370.410.420.420.440.46
Ireland0.350.240.200.170.150.160.150.140.110.120.100.100.090.070.07
Jamaica0.360.410.390.290.280.260.280.270.260.270.260.300.290.280.30
Japan0.290.270.260.250.260.270.260.250.240.240.230.220.220.210.21
Jordan0.360.370.330.250.250.280.270.280.270.260.270.250.250.230.24
Kazakhstan1.140.860.730.720.720.680.680.540.470.490.500.490.460.450.43
Kenya0.080.080.070.090.080.070.080.080.090.100.090.080.100.090.09
Kiribati0.110.190.320.320.300.270.270.270.250.260.300.280.290.290.30
North Korea1.270.830.830.540.410.400.280.320.260.300.510.450.490.500.51
South Korea0.500.450.370.350.360.350.340.320.320.320.320.310.290.280.27
Kuwait0.510.480.450.490.460.440.450.440.450.450.470.450.460.480.51
Kyrgyzstan1.050.320.300.290.330.430.360.360.370.330.310.360.310.310.33
Laos0.030.060.060.100.100.090.100.110.200.340.380.370.340.360.35
Latvia0.480.250.180.210.190.170.160.150.150.140.140.140.140.120.12
Lebanon0.280.280.250.220.220.240.220.240.250.260.270.260.280.340.39
Lesotho0.060.120.110.120.110.110.110.110.100.110.120.120.120.120.12
Liberia0.140.090.190.150.140.150.120.160.160.180.160.180.190.190.20
Libya0.240.350.320.310.440.330.400.510.450.460.370.350.400.430.43
Lithuania0.570.240.200.190.180.180.160.150.150.150.140.140.140.130.13
Luxembourg0.430.200.240.190.190.180.170.160.150.130.130.140.130.110.11
Macao0.060.070.060.030.020.020.020.020.040.040.040.030.030.070.06
North Macedonia0.490.440.420.330.360.340.300.280.250.230.250.230.250.220.22
Madagascar0.040.080.080.080.090.120.130.120.120.120.120.110.120.120.13
Malawi0.100.120.110.110.080.070.070.060.050.060.060.070.070.060.06
Malaysia0.310.360.390.370.360.340.350.350.340.320.290.300.290.300.28
Maldives0.040.180.170.180.180.220.220.270.190.190.180.190.200.310.24
Mali0.030.050.040.070.070.070.080.080.090.110.120.120.120.120.13
Malta0.410.200.230.190.190.190.160.150.100.080.080.070.080.080.08
Mauritania0.080.110.120.140.130.140.120.140.130.120.170.170.170.170.18
Mauritius0.140.170.180.180.170.170.160.160.160.160.160.150.150.160.16
Mexico0.230.230.240.240.230.230.220.210.210.210.200.190.190.170.17
Moldova0.750.460.400.350.330.320.260.270.280.270.260.260.260.280.26
Mongolia1.210.830.750.720.680.650.630.570.530.550.560.580.590.640.64
Morocco0.240.260.280.250.260.260.250.250.240.240.240.240.260.260.26
Mozambique0.190.140.160.150.170.170.170.180.190.240.230.210.220.210.22
Myanmar/Burma0.190.230.140.060.060.080.080.090.100.110.150.150.150.150.18
Namibia0.180.160.170.170.170.170.170.170.170.170.170.170.170.180.18
Nepal0.040.070.060.070.070.080.080.080.080.120.130.140.120.130.12
Netherlands0.300.230.230.220.200.200.200.190.190.190.180.170.160.150.15
New Zealand0.260.270.240.210.200.210.200.200.190.180.180.170.180.160.15
Nicaragua0.140.190.190.170.170.160.140.150.160.150.150.140.150.130.13
Niger0.070.070.060.080.080.110.100.100.100.090.080.070.080.080.08
Nigeria0.240.270.180.120.120.110.120.120.110.120.110.110.120.120.12
Norway0.210.170.150.160.160.150.150.150.140.140.140.130.130.120.12
Oman0.280.290.360.440.490.510.510.530.540.530.530.540.560.570.62
Pakistan0.180.210.200.190.190.180.180.180.180.190.200.180.170.180.18
Palau10.048.095.687.728.1212.156.374.163.653.503.783.894.094.565.70
Panama0.100.120.130.120.120.110.100.100.090.090.080.080.100.100.10
Papua New Guinea0.190.190.290.170.180.170.160.170.170.180.160.170.170.180.18
Paraguay0.060.080.080.080.080.080.080.080.090.090.100.100.100.090.10
Peru0.180.170.150.160.160.150.140.150.150.150.140.130.140.130.13
Philippines0.170.220.190.150.150.150.150.150.150.150.160.160.160.160.16
Poland0.860.500.440.360.340.330.320.300.290.290.290.270.250.240.25
Portugal0.190.210.210.160.160.160.150.150.160.160.160.150.130.120.11
Puerto Rico0.010.010.020.020.020.030.040.040.040.040.010.010.010.010.01
Qatar0.600.620.570.390.390.390.400.410.400.400.410.390.410.390.39
Romania0.600.360.290.200.210.200.180.170.170.160.150.150.140.130.13
Russia0.750.780.600.510.510.490.460.450.460.460.460.460.470.460.48
Rwanda0.090.090.070.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.040.04
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.100.230.360.380.420.440.400.390.380.370.210.220.210.200.22
Saint Lucia0.110.180.240.260.280.290.300.300.300.290.200.190.280.290.30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.110.180.320.340.370.420.350.380.350.350.210.200.170.150.16
Samoa0.190.260.220.240.240.250.240.240.270.260.250.250.260.270.31
São Tomé and Príncipe0.190.220.220.220.200.200.190.180.180.180.180.170.180.160.17
Saudi Arabia0.260.310.330.400.380.390.380.390.390.390.380.360.360.370.37
Senegal0.130.160.190.200.210.200.210.210.210.220.200.200.210.200.20
Seychelles0.310.550.680.510.370.420.350.390.390.400.410.350.350.380.39
Sierra Leone0.120.100.090.090.090.090.080.090.090.090.080.080.070.070.07
Singapore0.280.200.150.120.120.110.110.110.110.110.110.100.100.100.10
Slovakia0.750.490.390.290.270.250.250.230.220.220.230.220.200.200.22
Slovenia0.370.300.290.260.240.240.250.220.220.220.210.200.190.180.17
Solomon Islands0.220.280.310.290.280.280.260.240.210.190.180.180.180.190.19
Somalia0.060.070.070.060.060.060.070.060.060.050.050.050.040.040.04
South Africa0.760.700.730.660.620.620.620.630.590.590.590.580.590.570.55
Sri Lanka0.060.100.110.070.080.080.070.080.090.090.090.080.090.090.08
Suriname0.290.240.210.180.190.230.210.230.250.290.240.200.240.270.30
Eswatini0.330.510.440.370.240.190.130.120.120.130.140.160.160.150.14
Sweden0.200.160.140.120.110.110.100.100.090.090.090.080.080.070.07
Syria2.051.451.361.051.140.910.550.470.530.640.740.690.630.530.55
Taiwan0.390.370.370.300.300.280.280.280.270.270.270.260.250.230.24
Tajikistan0.570.350.250.170.160.170.170.200.210.240.260.280.290.260.27
Tanzania0.060.070.090.080.090.100.110.100.100.090.090.090.090.080.08
Thailand0.230.280.280.250.250.250.260.250.250.240.230.220.220.220.22
Timor-Leste0.000.110.150.100.110.180.200.180.170.150.160.150.120.110.10
Togo0.110.150.150.240.210.190.150.130.110.140.120.130.120.120.12
Tonga0.250.220.230.240.220.210.200.210.210.200.240.210.240.240.25
Trinidad and Tobago0.990.841.041.001.010.920.880.880.860.820.860.840.870.840.84
Tunisia0.310.280.260.250.240.250.240.250.250.240.230.230.230.230.25
Turkey0.220.230.200.210.210.200.180.180.180.190.190.190.180.170.17
Turkmenistan1.721.891.981.411.331.271.181.081.050.990.930.870.820.780.85
Uganda0.040.050.060.070.060.060.060.070.070.070.070.070.070.060.07
Ukraine0.920.970.660.550.550.540.520.500.460.450.390.410.370.370.35
United Arab Emirates0.280.280.290.370.350.350.350.340.340.340.330.290.300.300.30
United Kingdom0.330.240.220.190.170.180.170.150.140.130.130.120.120.110.11
United States0.500.420.370.330.310.290.300.290.280.270.260.260.240.230.23
Uruguay0.110.120.110.100.110.120.100.090.090.090.080.080.080.080.09
Uzbekistan1.691.741.280.920.870.730.670.590.520.520.520.500.500.490.47
Vanuatu0.240.160.160.220.250.200.190.210.190.190.190.240.230.240.25
Venezuela0.340.370.370.340.320.340.330.340.310.290.270.250.210.180.19
Vietnam0.150.190.250.280.270.250.250.260.300.280.270.310.340.320.31
Yemen0.170.210.240.230.230.210.270.260.130.100.090.090.100.090.10
Zambia0.170.090.090.070.070.090.090.090.100.100.120.140.110.110.11
Zimbabwe0.400.280.320.280.290.260.260.250.250.220.200.220.230.230.23