Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
This is measured as the kilograms of CO₂ emitted per dollar of GDP. Emissions include fossil fuel and industry emissions. Land use change is not included. GDP data isadjusted for inflation and differences in the cost of living between countries.
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- Annual CO2 emissions from land-use change per capita
- Annual CO₂ emissions
- Annual CO₂ emissions by world region
- Annual CO₂ emissions from cement
- Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
- Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Annual CO₂ emissions from gas
- Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Annual CO₂ emissions from oil
- Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Annual change in GDP and CO₂ emissions
- Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region
- Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions
- Annual share of global CO₂ emissions
- Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
- Are per capita CO₂ emissions above or below the global average?
- Average temperature anomaly
- CO2 emissions by fuel or industry
- CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type
- CO₂ emissions by sector
- CO₂ emissions embedded in global trade
- CO₂ emissions embedded in trade
- CO₂ emissions from aviation
- CO₂ emissions per capita
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. population growth
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity from renewables
- CO₂ reductions needed to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C
- CO₂ reductions needed to keep global temperature rise below 2°C
- Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
- Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita
- Carbon intensity of energy production
- Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
- Change in CO₂ emissions and GDP
- Change in per capita CO₂ emissions and GDPAdjusted for consumption
- Change in per capita CO₂ emissions and GDPProduction-based
- Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
- Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
- Consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. population share
- Consumption-based carbon intensity
- Consumption-based vs. production-based CO₂ emissions per capita
- Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
- Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Emissions-weighted carbon price in emissions trading systems
- Energy use per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
- Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land use changeStacked area chart
- Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land use changeLine chart
- Global CO₂ emissions if everyone lived like the average citizen in...
- Global emissions from food by life-cycle stage
- Global warming contributions by gas and source
- Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use
- Global warming potential of greenhouse gases over 100-year timescale
- Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Greenhouse gas emissions by gas
- Greenhouse gas emissions by sector
- Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems
- Greenhouse gas emissions per 100 grams of protein
- Greenhouse gas emissions per 1000 kilocalories
- Greenhouse gas emissions per capita
- Greenhouse gas emissions per capita per day
- Greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of food product
- Imported or exported CO₂ emissions per capita
- Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions
- Land-use change CO₂ emissions: quality of estimates
- Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita
- Meat consumption vs. GDP per capita
- Methane emissions
- Methane emissions by sector
- Monthly CO₂ emissions from commercial passenger flights
- Monthly CO₂ emissions from domestic and international commercial passenger flights
- Nitrous oxide emissions
- Nitrous oxide emissions by sector
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic commercial passenger flights
- Per capita CO2 emissions by fuel type
- Per capita CO2 emissions by sector
- Per capita CO2 emissions from cement
- Per capita CO2 emissions from coal
- Per capita CO2 emissions from flaring
- Per capita CO2 emissions from gas
- Per capita CO2 emissions from oil
- Per capita CO₂ emissions
- Per capita CO₂ emissions by region
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from commercial aviation, tourism-adjusted
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation vs. GDP per capita
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation vs. land area
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from international aviation
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from international commercial passenger flights, tourism-adjustedClarke & UNWTO
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from international passenger flights, tourism-adjustedGraver & World Bank
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from transport
- Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissionsLand use not included
- Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
- Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
- Per capita greenhouse gas emissions by sector
- Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
- Per capita methane emissions
- Per capita methane emissions by sector
- Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
- Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector
- Production vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions
- Production vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita
- Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price
- Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from aviation
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from international aviation
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil
- Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
- Share of global annual CO₂ emissions from other industry
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
- Share of global methane emissions
- Share of global nitrous oxide emissions
- Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food
- Status of net-zero carbon emissions targets
- Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
- Transport CO₂ emissions vs. population density of cities
- Transport's share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
- Which countries have a carbon emissions trading system?
- Which countries have a carbon tax?
- Which countries have set a net-zero emissions target?
- Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions