List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions

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, nominal and by purchasing power parity, 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.

Country	Annual CO2 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)
Chad	396	6.31	15,924	15.40	38,881
Afghanistan	697	7.72	11,080	17.56	25,187
Mali	568	6.13	10,789	13.10	23,055
Switzerland	41,826	388.68	9,293	283.84	6,786
Norway	40,220	337.09	8,381	232.37	5,778
Sweden	50,875	393.76	7,740	318.42	6,259
Iceland	2,215	16.69	7,534	11.40	5,147
Burkina Faso	788	5.78	7,331	15.57	19,760
France	383,148	2,271.28	5,928	1,974.39	5,153
Central African Republic	249	1.48	5,924	2.89	11,618
Republic of the Congo	1,463	7.74	5,289	13.10	8,954
Ireland	43,806	222.61	5,082	173.01	3,949
Denmark	53,944	274.11	5,081	193.54	3,588
Cameroon	3,645	17.96	4,926	37.14	10,189
Hong Kong	39,039	189.93	4,865	268.53	6,878
Burundi	198	0.92	4,641	2.72	13,758
Gabon	2,057	9.55	4,641	18.63	9,057
Comoros	88	0.40	4,591	0.71	8,034
Vanuatu	92	0.42	4,522	0.83	9,065
Austria	71,834	323.07	4,497	298.57	4,156
Zambia	2,471	10.89	4,408	14.74	5,965
United Kingdom	568,520	2,435.70	4,284	2,048.99	3,604
Angola	10,582	45.17	4,268	73.45	6,941
Netherlands	168,513	677.96	4,023	609.87	3,619
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,200	8.79	3,993	17.43	7,924
Italy	474,148	1,865.11	3,934	1,720.64	3,629
Cape Verde	308	1.20	3,906	1.47	4,776
Niger	935	3.65	3,903	8.56	9,157
Luxembourg	11,277	42.59	3,777	36.02	3,194
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
Kiribati	29	0.11	3,690	0.56	19,448
Uganda	2,706	9.96	3,680	29.58	10,930
Germany	805,090	2,914.99	3,621	2,671.45	3,318
Saint Kitts and Nevis	136	0.49	3,588	0.68	4,963
Rwanda	796	2.83	3,559	7.93	9,960
Mozambique	2,039	7.21	3,538	15.60	7,651
Spain	352,235	1,233.43	3,502	1,269.57	3,604
New Zealand	30,488	105.97	3,476	106.59	3,496
Japan	1,293,409	4,363.63	3,374	4,079.14	3,154
Sudan	10,813	36.40	3,366	71.17	6,581
Portugal	60,001	195.19	3,253	220.57	3,676
Bahamas	2,138	6.88	3,216	8.67	4,053
Finland	66,693	209.71	3,144	172.98	2,594
Brazil	352,524	1,089.30	3,090	1,700.57	4,824
Malawi	1,049	3.15	2,998	9.11	8,685
Uruguay	6,864	20.00	2,914	34.60	5,041
El Salvador	6,461	18.65	2,887	38.79	6,004
Costa Rica	7,854	22.53	2,868	41.86	5,330
Namibia	2,831	7.98	2,819	11.98	4,230
Nepal	3,241	9.03	2,787	27.86	8,595
Greece	96,382	267.71	2,778	303.60	3,150
Samoa	158	0.43	2,747	0.95	5,987
Dominica	117	0.32	2,709	0.66	5,632
Latvia	7,462	19.94	2,672	35.22	4,720
Tanzania	5,372	14.35	2,671	44.46	8,276
Haiti	1,811	4.84	2,670	10.52	5,809
Panama	6,428	17.13	2,666	30.21	4,700
Swaziland	1,016	2.67	2,629	5.18	5,095
Guatemala	11,766	30.26	2,572	57.77	4,910
Slovenia	15,173	38.94	2,566	51.14	3,370
Colombia	63,422	162.50	2,562	342.77	5,405
Malta	2,548	6.44	2,528	8.88	3,485
Ivory Coast	6,882	17.38	2,526	31.22	4,536
Ethiopia	6,006	15.17	2,525	54.39	9,055
Saint Lucia	367	0.93	2,520	1.69	4,616
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	198	0.50	2,515	0.96	4,843
Singapore	56,217	139.18	2,476	208.75	3,713
Laos	1,426	3.51	2,459	11.41	8,000
Bhutan	381	0.93	2,444	2.61	6,850
Chile	60,100	146.76	2,442	214.41	3,568
Peru	38,643	92.31	2,389	195.99	5,072
Barbados	1,338	3.19	2,385	4.80	3,590
Sri Lanka	11,876	28.28	2,381	77.51	6,526
Botswana	4,770	11.30	2,369	23.51	4,929
Antigua and Barbuda	425	1.01	2,367	1.41	3,315
Cyprus	7,788	18.43	2,366	19.99	2,566
Canada	544,680	1,278.97	2,348	1,203.74	2,210
Grenada	242	0.56	2,331	1.05	4,331
Paraguay	3,986	9.28	2,327	24.81	6,224
United States	5,752,289	13,178.35	2,291	13,178.35	2,291
Equatorial Guinea	4,356	9.60	2,205	15.76	3,618
Senegal	4,261	9.37	2,198	19.30	4,529
Eritrea	554	1.21	2,186	3.48	6,283
Mexico	436,150	952.34	2,184	1,408.81	3,230
Guinea	1,360	2.90	2,135	9.29	6,829
Lithuania	14,190	30.08	2,120	54.04	3,808
Albania	4,301	9.11	2,119	18.34	4,264
Croatia	23,683	49.04	2,071	72.63	3,067
Israel	70,440	143.98	2,044	174.61	2,479
Australia	372,013	755.21	2,030	713.96	1,919
South Korea	475,248	952.03	2,003	1,190.70	2,505
Fiji	1,610	3.17	1,967	3.74	2,320
Turkey	269,452	529.19	1,964	824.58	3,060
Hungary	57,644	113.05	1,961	183.84	3,189
Madagascar	2,834	5.52	1,947	16.84	5,943
Brunei	5,911	11.47	1,940	18.93	3,203
Timor-Leste	176	0.33	1,858	1.96	11,153
Solomon Islands	180	0.33	1,856	0.86	4,789
Kenya	12,151	22.52	1,853	52.74	4,340
Togo	1,221	2.22	1,818	4.96	4,066
Tonga	132	0.24	1,788	0.54	4,076
Cambodia	4,074	7.26	1,783	23.03	5,653
Dominican Republic	20,357	35.28	1,733	63.94	3,141
Philippines	68,328	117.57	1,721	272.25	3,984
Bolivia	6,973	11.53	1,653	37.37	5,359
Mauritius	3,850	6.32	1,641	13.09	3,399
Mauritania	1,665	2.70	1,621	5.74	3,448
Djibouti	488	0.77	1,576	1.61	3,297
Bangladesh	41,609	65.20	1,567	190.93	4,589
Benin	3,109	4.74	1,524	11.29	3,631
Gambia	334	0.51	1,521	1.92	5,743
Nigeria	97,262	146.89	1,510	268.21	2,758
Honduras	7,194	10.84	1,507	28.20	3,920
Slovakia	37,459	56.00	1,495	96.76	2,583
Belize	818	1.21	1,483	2.31	2,823
Lebanon	15,330	22.44	1,464	40.46	2,639
Armenia	4,371	6.38	1,461	14.68	3,357
Morocco	45,316	65.64	1,448	120.32	2,655
Myanmar	10,025	14.50	1,447	55.55	5,541
Sierra Leone	994	1.42	1,433	3.62	3,644
Georgia	5,518	7.77	1,408	17.77	3,221
Ghana	9,240	12.73	1,378	28.72	3,108
Tunisia	23,126	31.11	1,345	70.57	3,052
Ecuador	31,328	41.40	1,322	94.48	3,016
Seychelles	744	0.97	1,301	1.61	2,157
Romania	98,490	122.70	1,246	226.51	2,300
Qatar	46,193	56.92	1,232	66.90	1,448
Argentina	173,536	212.71	1,226	469.75	2,707
Czech Republic	116,991	142.31	1,216	228.48	1,953
Nicaragua	4,334	5.26	1,215	14.93	3,444
São Tomé and Príncipe	103	0.13	1,214	0.24	2,311
Papua New Guinea	4,620	5.61	1,213	10.91	2,361
United Arab Emirates	139,553	164.17	1,176	154.35	1,106
Kuwait	86,599	101.56	1,173	119.96	1,385
Guinea-Bissau	279	0.32	1,136	0.76	2,724
Indonesia	333,483	364.35	1,093	767.92	2,303
Venezuela	171,593	184.25	1,074	300.80	1,753
Poland	318,219	341.67	1,074	567.94	1,785
Maldives	869	0.92	1,053	1.44	1,654
Libya	55,495	55.08	992	75.47	1,360
Jamaica	12,151	11.45	942	19.93	1,640
Estonia	17,523	16.45	939	25.31	1,444
Saudi Arabia	381,564	356.63	935	522.12	1,368
Yemen	21,201	19.06	899	49.21	2,321
Pakistan	142,659	127.49	894	372.96	2,614
Algeria	132,715	116.83	880	209.40	1,578
Suriname	2,438	2.14	878	3.76	1,543
Oman	41,378	35.73	863	56.44	1,364
Malaysia	187,865	156.86	835	328.97	1,751
Liberia	785	0.61	780	1.19	1,520
Thailand	272,521	206.99	760	483.56	1,774
Bahrain	21,292	15.85	744	22.41	1,053
Jordan	20,724	14.84	716	26.25	1,266
Bulgaria	48,085	31.69	659	79.24	1,648
Egypt	166,800	107.38	644	367.64	2,204
Russia	1,564,669	989.43	632	1,887.61	1,206
South Africa	414,649	257.89	622	433.51	1,045
Serbia and Montenegro	53,266	32.30	606	72.93	1,369
Guyana	1,507	0.91	606	2.70	1,792
Azerbaijan	35,050	21.03	600	51.71	1,475
Macedonia	10,875	6.38	587	16.14	1,484
India	1,510,351	874.77	579	2,672.66	1,770
Trinidad and Tobago	33,601	19.38	577	23.62	703
Vietnam	106,132	60.93	574	198.94	1,874
Belarus	68,849	36.96	537	94.80	1,377
Iraq	92,572	49.27	532	90.51	978
Kyrgyzstan	5,566	2.84	510	9.45	1,698
Zimbabwe	11,081	5.60	505	2.29	207
Syria	68,460	33.51	489	82.09	1,199
Turkmenistan	44,103	21.40	485	23.40	531
Iran	466,976	222.13	476	693.32	1,485
Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,438	12.28	447	25.70	937
Tajikistan	6,391	2.81	440	10.69	1,672
Moldova	7,821	3.41	436	9.19	1,175
China	6,103,493	2,657.84	435	6,122.24	1,003
Kazakhstan	193,508	81.00	419	150.56	778
Ukraine	319,158	108.00	338	291.30	913
Mongolia	9,442	3.16	334	7.47	791
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

See also

• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions
• Avoiding dangerous climate change
• Carbon cycle
• Greenhouse gas
• Kyoto Protocol

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20091010182552/http://www.iea.org/co2highlights/. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Gross Domestic Product

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2007, World Economic Outlook Database

Carbon Dioxide Emissions

United Nations Millennium Development Goals Indicators, last updated - August 1, 2009