Greenhouse gas intensity growth rate

 

Our greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity growth rate indicator serves as a signal of countries’ progress in decoupling emissions from economic growth. We calculate an annual average growth rate in GHG emissions per unit of GDP over the years 2010–2019. This indicator highlights the need for action on climate change mitigation in countries at all income levels. A score of 100 indicates that a country is successfully decoupling, with decreasing GHG intensity (≤5th-percentile of all growth rates), and a score of 0 indicates increasing GHG intensity (≥95th-percentile). Emission data come from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

 
Greenhouse gas intensity growth rate
 
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
Botswana 1 100.00 11.10
Ireland 1 100.00 23.00
Malta 1 100.00 65.20
Namibia 4 99.60 46.00
Ethiopia 5 95.30 25.10
Uzbekistan 6 93.80 -4.70
China 7 89.90 41.70
Denmark 8 88.60 29.00
United Kingdom 9 84.70 16.90
Turkmenistan 10 83.70 10.90
Sweden 11 83.40 25.70
Romania 12 82.40 -13.90
Luxembourg 13 82.00 43.00
Ukraine 14 81.30 -18.70
Gabon 15 81.20 -4.30
Djibouti 16 80.80 26.00
North Macedonia 17 77.80 -16.80
Singapore 17 77.80 14.90
Afghanistan 19 77.50 36.00
Rwanda 20 74.30 6.90
Panama 21 73.30 0.60
Cuba 22 72.10 -21.10
Estonia 22 72.10 -2.30
Australia 24 71.50 5.70
Finland 25 70.50 17.10
Tanzania 26 70.40 4.70
Slovenia 27 70.20 10.90
Bangladesh 28 69.70 9.20
Czech Republic 29 68.40 -11.60
Cote d'Ivoire 30 66.50 34.40
Iceland 31 66.20 19.60
Dominican Republic 32 66.10 -3.50
Slovakia 33 66.00 -29.30
India 34 65.90 5.40
Latvia 35 65.60 -3.90
Switzerland 35 65.60 15.00
Eswatini 37 64.60 -11.40
Poland 38 64.30 -11.40
Zimbabwe 39 63.70 63.70
Bulgaria 40 63.20 -24.30
Kenya 41 62.80 44.00
Myanmar 42 61.50 -38.50
Dem. Rep. Congo 43 61.30 10.60
United States of America 44 61.20 6.00
Cambodia 45 61.00 -25.00
Burkina Faso 46 60.90 17.90
Barbados 46 60.90 38.60
Germany 48 60.80 4.90
Mexico 48 60.80 40.90
Netherlands 50 60.70 4.60
Senegal 50 60.70 5.80
Hungary 52 60.40 -9.40
Kazakhstan 52 60.40 10.50
Solomon Islands 54 60.20 26.50
Thailand 55 60.00 14.20
Israel 56 59.70 8.80
Guinea 56 59.70 37.10
Madagascar 58 59.00 9.10
New Zealand 59 58.90 -5.00
Grenada 60 58.70 24.80
Croatia 61 58.00 6.90
Malaysia 61 58.00 25.40
France 63 57.40 5.90
Tunisia 64 57.20 4.50
Cameroon 65 56.90 -15.90
Lithuania 66 56.20 -15.90
Togo 67 56.00 45.90
United Arab Emirates 68 54.70 19.60
Austria 69 54.10 14.40
Italy 70 54.00 9.10
Zambia 71 53.80 -34.00
Spain 72 53.60 1.00
Sao Tome and Principe 73 53.50 13.00
Bahrain 74 53.40 2.70
Uganda 75 53.30 -2.30
Indonesia 76 53.20 4.50
Philippines 77 52.80 -17.70
Nigeria 78 52.50 -47.50
Georgia 78 52.50 -22.20
Belgium 80 52.30 -9.70
Moldova 81 52.20 -26.00
Bahamas 82 51.60 8.30
Turkey 83 51.10 4.30
Paraguay 84 50.90 7.50
Ecuador 85 50.70 5.90
Sudan 86 50.10 -30.60
South Korea 87 49.90 -17.80
El Salvador 87 49.90 14.20
Egypt 87 49.90 17.20
South Africa 90 49.70 7.40
Albania 91 49.60 -34.50
Colombia 92 49.40 -9.90
Mauritius 93 49.20 7.70
Bolivia 94 49.10 32.80
Guinea-Bissau 95 48.70 12.70
Taiwan 96 48.00 -10.00
Antigua and Barbuda 96 48.00 8.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 98 47.70 12.60
Peru 99 47.50 -14.80
Chile 99 47.50 -9.60
Norway 101 47.10 12.50
Seychelles 102 47.00 0.10
Lesotho 103 46.90 -9.00
Cyprus 104 46.60 -4.80
Japan 105 46.50 4.40
Jordan 106 46.40 -12.00
Saudi Arabia 107 46.10 24.70
Viet Nam 108 45.90 1.50
Trinidad and Tobago 109 45.40 21.60
Angola 110 45.20 -54.80
Bhutan 111 44.40 -53.70
Greece 112 43.80 -19.70
Costa Rica 113 43.20 -12.00
Gambia 113 43.20 33.50
Honduras 115 43.10 6.90
Morocco 116 43.00 0.30
Uruguay 117 42.70 8.30
Niger 118 42.50 8.20
Vanuatu 119 41.80 5.10
Serbia 120 41.20 -23.70
Nepal 120 41.20 -13.70
Ghana 122 40.90 -30.60
Sierra Leone 122 40.90 7.90
Armenia 124 40.00 -44.20
Benin 124 40.00 11.10
Nicaragua 126 39.60 -9.60
Sri Lanka 127 39.10 -28.30
Jamaica 128 38.70 -20.20
Mali 129 38.30 -9.30
Guyana 130 38.00 -13.80
Qatar 131 37.90 -62.10
Canada 132 37.80 -26.20
Saint Lucia 133 37.60 -33.90
Kyrgyzstan 134 37.50 -5.10
Mauritania 135 37.20 -31.50
Cabo Verde 136 36.40 -0.80
Russia 137 35.00 -49.20
Mozambique 138 34.80 -46.90
Pakistan 139 34.10 -7.90
Fiji 140 34.00 -15.10
Montenegro 141 33.70 -25.10
Tajikistan 142 33.10 -42.50
Eritrea 143 31.40 11.20
Maldives 144 31.00 19.70
Timor-Leste 145 30.10 30.10
Belarus 146 29.30 -67.50
Argentina 147 29.20 -23.00
Oman 147 29.20 25.20
Dominica 149 29.10 0.10
Kuwait 150 28.60 -30.40
Guatemala 151 28.00 -14.00
Kiribati 152 27.80 27.80
Mongolia 153 27.60 -33.50
Haiti 154 26.80 26.80
Lebanon 155 25.10 -46.60
Comoros 156 24.90 -8.80
Brazil 157 24.40 -26.50
Belize 158 23.50 -33.20
Malawi 159 23.30 -18.00
Algeria 160 23.10 -31.30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 161 22.80 -2.70
Azerbaijan 162 22.20 -77.80
Suriname 163 20.50 -67.00
Equatorial Guinea 164 18.30 -81.70
Republic of Congo 165 16.70 -35.40
Portugal 166 15.40 -31.80
Tonga 167 15.10 -4.70
Brunei Darussalam 168 15.00 15.00
Marshall Islands 169 14.90 9.50
Liberia 170 10.20 10.20
Iraq 171 9.70 -39.10
Iran 171 9.70 -24.40
Burundi 173 6.30 -24.40
Samoa 174 6.00 -46.80
Central African Republic 175 5.10 -56.60
Chad 176 NA -99.60
Venezuela 176 NA -88.30
Laos 176 NA -67.40
Micronesia 176 NA -33.90
Papua New Guinea 176 NA -18.70