GHG growth rate adjusted by emissions intensity

Average annual growth rate in greenhouse gas emissions over the last decade adjusted to account for declines in GDP and for how close countries are to a target of zero emissions intensity of GDP.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Estonia 1 78.9 45.8
United Kingdom 2 67.1 3.4
Greece 3 66.7 18.4
Finland 4 66.6 8.0
Timor-Leste 5 65.7 51.7
Denmark 6 64.3 -2.4
Malta 7 63.6 11.4
Germany 8 62.6 9.2
Luxembourg 9 62.5 4.7
Japan 10 61.1 13.2
Switzerland 11 60.8 5.1
France 12 59.1 0.3
Cuba 13 58.9 17.7
Netherlands 14 58.3 3.2
Sweden 15 58.1 -3.2
Albania 16 56.9 18.1
Jamaica 17 56.8 7.2
Portugal 18 56.6 1.0
Spain 18 56.6 -1.2
Barbados 20 56.1 11.4
Belgium 21 55.8 -4.2
Slovenia 22 55.7 -0.6
Italy 23 54.6 2.7
Czech Republic 24 53.3 -1.9
Norway 25 53.2 2.3
Austria 26 53.0 -5.2
Croatia 27 52.7 1.4
United States of America 28 52.5 0.2
Ukraine 29 51.7 9.2
Latvia 30 51.3 1.1
Romania 31 51.1 -10.5
Ireland 32 51.0 -9.5
Fiji 33 50.9 -2.2
Lithuania 33 50.9 1.0
Slovakia 35 49.5 -8.8
South Korea 36 49.3 18.6
Israel 37 48.9 8.5
Angola 38 48.8 11.7
Ecuador 38 48.8 17.7
Poland 40 48.7 0.5
New Zealand 41 48.5 3.7
Canada 42 48.3 3.6
Eswatini 42 48.3 -6.3
Iceland 44 48.2 4.7
Dominica 45 48.1 3.7
Bulgaria 46 48.0 -4.0
Equatorial Guinea 46 48.0 12.1
Bahamas 48 47.9 6.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48 47.9 2.7
Taiwan 48 47.9 -4.1
Australia 51 47.5 8.9
Vanuatu 52 47.4 30.3
Gabon 53 47.3 1.8
Costa Rica 54 47.1 4.1
Hungary 55 46.4 -18.5
Saint Lucia 56 46.2 9.7
Zimbabwe 56 46.2 19.2
Solomon Islands 58 46.1 14.2
Singapore 59 45.6 11.3
Mexico 60 45.4 3.7
Jordan 61 45.3 13.4
Cyprus 62 45.2 -4.8
Brazil 63 45.0 12.5
North Macedonia 63 45.0 -6.9
Thailand 63 45.0 12.7
Sri Lanka 66 44.8 7.8
El Salvador 67 44.2 -11.4
Mauritius 68 43.8 11.1
Nigeria 69 43.7 5.6
South Africa 69 43.7 9.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 71 43.5 14.9
Samoa 71 43.5 10.0
Argentina 73 43.4 -2.2
Panama 73 43.4 13.5
Djibouti 75 43.0 0.0
Serbia 76 42.9 -17.7
Antigua and Barbuda 77 42.6 0.6
Cabo Verde 78 42.3 -0.6
Chile 78 42.3 5.5
Moldova 80 42.2 -6.1
Haiti 81 42.0 10.0
Montenegro 82 41.8 -2.8
Colombia 83 41.5 6.9
Belarus 84 41.4 14.8
Egypt 85 40.7 4.1
Dominican Republic 86 40.4 2.6
Peru 87 40.2 11.1
Georgia 88 40.0 9.0
Cote d'Ivoire 89 39.8 4.0
Tunisia 90 39.2 3.6
Kyrgyzstan 91 39.0 28.7
Armenia 92 38.9 1.2
Kazakhstan 92 38.9 16.5
Myanmar 94 38.1 5.2
Russia 94 38.1 -0.1
Uruguay 96 37.6 0.0
Lebanon 97 37.3 15.7
Suriname 98 37.2 25.2
Honduras 99 37.0 5.8
Cameroon 100 36.7 -1.9
Turkiye 101 36.6 7.8
United Arab Emirates 102 36.5 25.9
Saudi Arabia 103 36.3 14.9
Malaysia 104 36.2 8.5
Sierra Leone 104 36.2 13.5
Sao Tome and Principe 106 35.9 8.9
Afghanistan 107 35.0 30.2
Bolivia 107 35.0 12.9
Paraguay 109 34.8 11.3
Venezuela 110 34.4 -0.4
Micronesia 111 34.3 0.5
Bangladesh 112 34.2 3.0
Zambia 112 34.2 5.6
Marshall Islands 114 33.9 9.6
Morocco 114 33.9 0.4
Gambia 116 33.8 11.9
Azerbaijan 117 33.5 -4.1
China 117 33.5 24.6
Nicaragua 119 33.3 3.3
Uganda 120 33.2 18.3
Papua New Guinea 121 33.0 -15.8
Sudan 122 32.6 -0.5
Lesotho 123 32.5 5.4
Oman 124 32.4 19.9
Algeria 125 32.1 2.6
Belize 125 32.1 0.2
Rwanda 125 32.1 1.9
Uzbekistan 125 32.1 -3.3
Guatemala 129 32.0 -5.3
Kiribati 130 31.7 -2.7
Bhutan 131 31.6 9.9
Philippines 132 31.3 -2.1
India 133 31.1 10.6
Iran 134 30.5 3.9
Qatar 134 30.5 30.5
Grenada 136 30.3 -0.3
Guyana 136 30.3 4.3
Dem. Rep. Congo 138 30.0 9.7
Madagascar 139 29.9 3.1
Guinea-Bissau 140 29.3 7.5
Indonesia 141 28.9 5.2
Pakistan 142 28.6 -6.0
Tanzania 143 28.5 8.5
Liberia 144 28.4 8.6
Brunei Darussalam 145 27.9 -5.7
Senegal 146 27.8 4.0
Nepal 147 27.6 -0.3
Trinidad and Tobago 147 27.6 11.5
Namibia 149 26.6 -5.1
Seychelles 150 25.6 -16.4
Maldives 151 25.2 13.2
Bahrain 152 24.7 11.8
Kenya 153 24.6 0.8
Tonga 154 24.5 -22.1
Eritrea 155 24.0 -3.2
Ethiopia 156 23.6 10.1
Ghana 156 23.6 2.6
Togo 158 23.4 -4.8
Turkmenistan 158 23.4 17.2
Mauritania 160 22.9 -3.8
Mozambique 160 22.9 18.7
Comoros 162 22.1 -9.5
Kuwait 162 22.1 -13.0
Benin 164 20.4 -5.8
Burkina Faso 165 19.8 0.9
Burundi 166 19.7 6.5
Botswana 167 19.3 -7.6
Iraq 168 19.0 11.2
Guinea 169 16.8 8.8
Republic of Congo 170 12.5 -20.3
Cambodia 171 12.2 -14.8
Viet Nam 172 10.3 -12.7
Tajikistan 173 9.5 -30.5
Mali 174 6.4 -8.8
Malawi 175 5.9 -14.0
Niger 176 2.8 -0.1
Central African Republic 177 0.0 -5.3
Chad 177 0.0 0.0
Laos 177 0.0 -19.3
Mongolia 177 0.0 0.0