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Carbon intensity of the economy — Upper-middle-income countries

Carbon intensity of the economy in upper-middle-income countries in 2022 — 0.349 kg/$. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 28.8%.

2022 0.349 kg/$ −0.16% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 0.492 kg/$1991
Period minimum 0.349 kg/$2022

Trend over time

1990–2022 · kg CO₂ per PPP $

Carbon intensity of the economy — Upper-middle-income countries, 1990–20220.30.350.40.450.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.49 kg/$1991: 0.492 kg/$1992: 0.479 kg/$1993: 0.471 kg/$1994: 0.467 kg/$1995: 0.489 kg/$1996: 0.478 kg/$1997: 0.47 kg/$1998: 0.467 kg/$1999: 0.465 kg/$2000: 0.449 kg/$2001: 0.441 kg/$2002: 0.437 kg/$2003: 0.468 kg/$2004: 0.463 kg/$2005: 0.467 kg/$2006: 0.462 kg/$2007: 0.456 kg/$2008: 0.466 kg/$2009: 0.468 kg/$2010: 0.461 kg/$2011: 0.476 kg/$2012: 0.462 kg/$2013: 0.443 kg/$2014: 0.426 kg/$2015: 0.405 kg/$2016: 0.383 kg/$2017: 0.371 kg/$2018: 0.364 kg/$2019: 0.359 kg/$2020: 0.359 kg/$2021: 0.349 kg/$2022: 0.349 kg/$
Change over the period: −0.141 (−28.79%) Average annual rate: -1.06 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 0.349 kg/$
World computed 0.273 kg/$
Carbon intensity of the economy — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/$ Change Change, %
2022 0.349 −0.001 −0.16%
2021 0.349 −0.01 −2.86%
2020 0.359 +0 +0.05%
2019 0.359 −0.004 −1.18%
2018 0.364 −0.008 −2.09%
2017 0.371 −0.012 −3.18%
2016 0.383 −0.021 −5.31%
2015 0.405 −0.021 −5.04%
2014 0.426 −0.017 −3.74%
2013 0.443 −0.019 −4.15%
2012 0.462 −0.014 −2.94%
2011 0.476 +0.015 +3.28%
2010 0.461 −0.007 −1.4%
2009 0.468 +0.002 +0.35%
2008 0.466 +0.01 +2.25%
2007 0.456 −0.006 −1.38%
2006 0.462 −0.004 −0.96%
2005 0.467 +0.003 +0.67%
2004 0.463 −0.005 −0.99%
2003 0.468 +0.031 +7.15%
2002 0.437 −0.005 −1.02%
2001 0.441 −0.008 −1.71%
2000 0.449 −0.016 −3.53%
1999 0.465 −0.002 −0.42%
1998 0.467 −0.002 −0.46%
1997 0.47 −0.008 −1.68%
1996 0.478 −0.012 −2.42%
1995 0.489 +0.022 +4.8%
1994 0.467 −0.004 −0.84%
1993 0.471 −0.008 −1.68%
1992 0.479 −0.013 −2.59%
1991 0.492 +0.002 +0.46%
1990 0.49 — —

About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product at purchasing power parity. The indicator answers how cleanly a country produces value, and it separates two different paths to lower emissions: producing less, and emitting less per unit produced. Global carbon intensity has been falling almost without interruption since the 1970s, but more slowly than output has grown — which is why absolute emissions kept rising.

Important: The aggregate for groups of countries is weighted by GDP at PPP, which is exactly the sum of emissions divided by the sum of GDP. The conversion is at PPP rather than at market exchange rates — otherwise poor countries would look carbon-intensive simply because their prices are low.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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