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The CO2 intensity of the World

2.26 kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use in 2015

The intensity of the CO2 of World fell gradually from 2.88 kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use in 1966 to 2.26 kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use in 2015.

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Macro Region
Africa 40 timeseries
Asia 20 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 20 timeseries
Europe 39 timeseries
Middle East 15 timeseries
North America 2.26 kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use in 2015 WB
Oceania 10 timeseries
South America 12 timeseries
Southeast Asia 11 timeseries
Country (kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use)
Lesotho 103.16 in 2007 WB
Kiribati 5.45 in 2007 WB
Solomon Islands 5.31 in 2007 WB
Cabo Verde 4.47 in 2007 WB
Marshall Islands 4.38 in 2007 WB
Equatorial Guinea 4.29 in 2007 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.29 in 2007 WB
Dominica 4.19 in 2007 WB
Suriname 3.83 in 2014 WB
Barbados 3.69 in 2007 WB
Grenada 3.46 in 2007 WB
Cyprus 3.42 in 2014 WB
Iraq 3.41 in 2014 WB
Mongolia 3.37 in 2014 WB
Libya 3.34 in 2014 WB
Lebanon 3.33 in 2014 WB
Djibouti 3.29 in 2007 WB
Timor-Leste 3.28 in 2007 WB
Samoa 3.28 in 2007 WB
China 3.24 in 2014 WB
Morocco 3.22 in 2014 WB
Hong Kong 3.21 in 1989 WB
Guyana 3.2 in 2007 WB
Yemen 3.19 in 2013 WB
Seychelles 3.17 in 2007 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 3.15 in 2007 WB
Vanuatu 3.14 in 2007 WB
Jordan 3.13 in 2014 WB
Poland 3.06 in 2015 WB
South Africa 3.05 in 2014 WB
Malta 3.04 in 2014 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.01 in 2007 WB
Gambia 3.01 in 2007 WB
Belize 2.98 in 2007 WB
North Macedonia 2.97 in 2014 WB
Comoros 2.93 in 2007 WB
Serbia 2.92 in 2014 WB
Bahamas 2.92 in 2007 WB
Maldives 2.91 in 2007 WB
Ecuador 2.91 in 2014 WB
Egypt 2.9 in 2014 WB
Greece 2.88 in 2015 WB
Australia 2.88 in 2015 WB
Israel 2.84 in 2015 WB
Mauritius 2.82 in 2014 WB
Estonia 2.8 in 2015 WB
Ireland 2.79 in 2015 WB
Dominican Republic 2.79 in 2014 WB
Tunisia 2.74 in 2014 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.73 in 2013 WB
Turkey 2.71 in 2015 WB
Japan 2.71 in 2015 WB
Algeria 2.69 in 2014 WB
Panama 2.68 in 2014 WB
Kazakhstan 2.68 in 2014 WB
Oman 2.65 in 2014 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.64 in 2014 WB
Uzbekistan 2.64 in 2013 WB
Jamaica 2.63 in 2014 WB
Botswana 2.62 in 2014 WB
United Arab Emirates 2.61 in 2014 WB
Turkmenistan 2.6 in 2014 WB
India 2.59 in 2014 WB
Malaysia 2.58 in 2014 WB
Iran 2.58 in 2014 WB
Viet Nam 2.56 in 2013 WB
Kyrgyzstan 2.56 in 2014 WB
Mexico 2.52 in 2015 WB
Saudi Arabia 2.51 in 2014 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 2.51 in 2014 WB
Saint Lucia 2.5 in 2007 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.49 in 2014 WB
Czech Republic 2.48 in 2015 WB
Kuwait 2.47 in 2014 WB
Eswatini 2.46 in 2007 WB
Luxembourg 2.45 in 2015 WB
Guinea Bissau 2.42 in 2007 WB
Bolivia 2.42 in 2014 WB
Fiji 2.4 in 2007 WB
Germany 2.38 in 2015 WB
Angola 2.36 in 2014 WB
Bulgaria 2.36 in 2014 WB
Colombia 2.35 in 2014 WB
Republic of Moldova 2.34 in 2014 WB
Montenegro 2.32 in 2014 WB
Cuba 2.3 in 2014 WB
United States of America 2.28 in 2015 WB
Azerbaijan 2.28 in 2014 WB
Chile 2.27 in 2015 WB
Russian Federation 2.26 in 2014 WB
Portugal 2.26 in 2015 WB
Romania 2.25 in 2014 WB
Ukraine 2.25 in 2014 WB
Italy 2.24 in 2015 WB
Tonga 2.24 in 2007 WB
Albania 2.23 in 2014 WB
United Kingdom 2.22 in 2015 WB
Peru 2.22 in 2014 WB
Namibia 2.22 in 2014 WB
Netherlands 2.2 in 2015 WB
Republic of Korea 2.2 in 2015 WB
Philippines 2.19 in 2014 WB
South Sudan 2.18 in 2014 WB
Indonesia 2.17 in 2014 WB
Senegal 2.17 in 2014 WB
Spain 2.15 in 2015 WB
Belarus 2.14 in 2014 WB
Bahrain 2.13 in 2014 WB
Denmark 2.1 in 2015 WB
Argentina 2.08 in 2014 WB
Canada 2.05 in 2015 WB
Croatia 2.03 in 2014 WB
Slovenia 2.01 in 2015 WB
Brunei Darussalam 1.96 in 2014 WB
Georgia 1.93 in 2014 WB
Austria 1.92 in 2015 WB
Thailand 1.92 in 2014 WB
Slovakia 1.89 in 2015 WB
Armenia 1.85 in 2014 WB
Qatar 1.82 in 2014 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 1.82 in 2007 WB
Hungary 1.81 in 2015 WB
Belgium 1.8 in 2015 WB
Bangladesh 1.8 in 2014 WB
Honduras 1.77 in 2014 WB
Pakistan 1.71 in 2014 WB
Latvia 1.68 in 2014 WB
Brazil 1.67 in 2014 WB
Sri Lanka 1.64 in 2014 WB
El Salvador 1.62 in 2014 WB
Bhutan 1.6 in 2007 WB
Costa Rica 1.6 in 2014 WB
Tajikistan 1.59 in 2014 WB
Switzerland 1.59 in 2015 WB
Ghana 1.59 in 2014 WB
Singapore 1.59 in 2014 WB
New Zealand 1.58 in 2015 WB
Congo 1.55 in 2014 WB
Lithuania 1.55 in 2014 WB
Uruguay 1.38 in 2014 WB
Finland 1.32 in 2015 WB
Nicaragua 1.3 in 2014 WB
Benin 1.29 in 2014 WB
Norway 1.28 in 2015 WB
France 1.26 in 2015 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 1.12 in 2014 WB
Zimbabwe 1.1 in 2013 WB
Paraguay 1.09 in 2014 WB
Gabon 1.08 in 2014 WB
Guatemala 1.06 in 2014 WB
Cambodia 1.04 in 2014 WB
Sudan 1.02 in 2014 WB
Cameroon 1.02 in 2014 WB
Myanmar 0.88 in 2014 WB
Nigeria 0.86 in 2014 WB
Eritrea 0.84 in 2014 WB
Sweden 0.78 in 2015 WB
Haiti 0.74 in 2014 WB
Niger 0.69 in 2014 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 0.65 in 2014 WB
Kenya 0.64 in 2014 WB
Nepal 0.61 in 2014 WB
Togo 0.48 in 2014 WB
Zambia 0.44 in 2013 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 0.43 in 2014 WB
Mozambique 0.38 in 2014 WB
Iceland 0.36 in 2015 WB
Ethiopia 0.25 in 2014 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.17 in 2014 WB
Palau 0 in 1990 WB
Greenhouse Gases