List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions

On 6 October 2010, the International Energy Agency

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(IEA) released for free download the 2008 numbers for over 140 countries/regions/economies.

The list of countries below is arranged by their ratio of Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product

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(GDP, nominal and by purchasing power parities

Purchasing power parity

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) to carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide

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emissions. GDP data is for the year 2006 produced by the International Monetary Fund

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. Carbon dioxide emissions data is for 2006, provided by the CDIAC for United Nations

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(see List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions).

Note that countries near the top of the list are the most efficient. They produce the most economic output with the least emissions. Countries at the bottom of the list are the worst polluters per unit of economic output.

Country	Annual emissions (in thousands of metric tons)	GDP (current, in billions of US dollars)	GDP per Emissions (in US dollars per ton)	GDP (PPP, in billions of current international dollars)	PPP GDP per Emissions (in international dollars per ton)
	396	6.31	15,924	15.40	38,881
	697	7.72	11,080	17.56	25,187
	568	6.13	10,789	13.10	23,055
	41,826	388.68	9,293	283.84	6,786
	40,220	337.09	8,381	232.37	5,778
	50,875	393.76	7,740	318.42	6,259
	2,215	16.69	7,534	11.40	5,147
	788	5.78	7,331	15.57	19,760
	383,148	2,271.28	5,928	1,974.39	5,153
	249	1.48	5,924	2.89	11,618
	1,463	7.74	5,289	13.10	8,954
	43,806	222.61	5,082	173.01	3,949
	53,944	274.11	5,081	193.54	3,588
	3,645	17.96	4,926	37.14	10,189
	39,039	189.93	4,865	268.53	6,878
	198	0.92	4,641	2.72	13,758
	2,057	9.55	4,641	18.63	9,057
	88	0.40	4,591	0.71	8,034
	92	0.42	4,522	0.83	9,065
	71,834	323.07	4,497	298.57	4,156
	2,471	10.89	4,408	14.74	5,965
	568,520	2,435.70	4,284	2,048.99	3,604
	10,582	45.17	4,268	73.45	6,941
	168,513	677.96	4,023	609.87	3,619
	2,200	8.79	3,993	17.43	7,924
	474,148	1,865.11	3,934	1,720.64	3,629
	308	1.20	3,906	1.47	4,776
	935	3.65	3,903	8.56	9,157
	11,277	42.59	3,777	36.02	3,194
	107,199	400.30	3,734	358.02	3,340
	3,908,662	14,510.82	3,712	13,641.22	3,490
	29	0.11	3,690	0.56	19,448
	2,706	9.96	3,680	29.58	10,930
	805,090	2,914.99	3,621	2,671.45	3,318
	136	0.49	3,588	0.68	4,963
	796	2.83	3,559	7.93	9,960
	2,039	7.21	3,538	15.60	7,651
	352,235	1,233.43	3,502	1,269.57	3,604
	30,488	105.97	3,476	106.59	3,496
	1,293,409	4,363.63	3,374	4,079.14	3,154
	10,813	36.40	3,366	71.17	6,581
	60,001	195.19	3,253	220.57	3,676
	2,138	6.88	3,216	8.67	4,053
	66,693	209.71	3,144	172.98	2,594
	352,524	1,089.30	3,090	1,700.57	4,824
	1,049	3.15	2,998	9.11	8,685
	6,864	20.00	2,914	34.60	5,041
	6,461	18.65	2,887	38.79	6,004
	7,854	22.53	2,868	41.86	5,330
	2,831	7.98	2,819	11.98	4,230
	3,241	9.03	2,787	27.86	8,595
	96,382	267.71	2,778	303.60	3,150
	158	0.43	2,747	0.95	5,987
	117	0.32	2,709	0.66	5,632
	7,462	19.94	2,672	35.22	4,720
	5,372	14.35	2,671	44.46	8,276
	1,811	4.84	2,670	10.52	5,809
	6,428	17.13	2,666	30.21	4,700
	1,016	2.67	2,629	5.18	5,095
	11,766	30.26	2,572	57.77	4,910
	15,173	38.94	2,566	51.14	3,370
	63,422	162.50	2,562	342.77	5,405
	2,548	6.44	2,528	8.88	3,485
	6,882	17.38	2,526	31.22	4,536
	6,006	15.17	2,525	54.39	9,055
	367	0.93	2,520	1.69	4,616
	198	0.50	2,515	0.96	4,843
	56,217	139.18	2,476	208.75	3,713
	1,426	3.51	2,459	11.41	8,000
	381	0.93	2,444	2.61	6,850
	60,100	146.76	2,442	214.41	3,568
	38,643	92.31	2,389	195.99	5,072
	1,338	3.19	2,385	4.80	3,590
	11,876	28.28	2,381	77.51	6,526
	4,770	11.30	2,369	23.51	4,929
	425	1.01	2,367	1.41	3,315
	7,788	18.43	2,366	19.99	2,566
	544,680	1,278.97	2,348	1,203.74	2,210
	242	0.56	2,331	1.05	4,331
	3,986	9.28	2,327	24.81	6,224
	5,752,289	13,178.35	2,291	13,178.35	2,291
	4,356	9.60	2,205	15.76	3,618
	4,261	9.37	2,198	19.30	4,529
	554	1.21	2,186	3.48	6,283
	436,150	952.34	2,184	1,408.81	3,230
	1,360	2.90	2,135	9.29	6,829
	14,190	30.08	2,120	54.04	3,808
	4,301	9.11	2,119	18.34	4,264
	23,683	49.04	2,071	72.63	3,067
	70,440	143.98	2,044	174.61	2,479
	372,013	755.21	2,030	713.96	1,919
	475,248	952.03	2,003	1,190.70	2,505
	1,610	3.17	1,967	3.74	2,320
	269,452	529.19	1,964	824.58	3,060
	57,644	113.05	1,961	183.84	3,189
	2,834	5.52	1,947	16.84	5,943
	5,911	11.47	1,940	18.93	3,203
	176	0.33	1,858	1.96	11,153
	180	0.33	1,856	0.86	4,789
	12,151	22.52	1,853	52.74	4,340
	1,221	2.22	1,818	4.96	4,066
	132	0.24	1,788	0.54	4,076
	4,074	7.26	1,783	23.03	5,653
	20,357	35.28	1,733	63.94	3,141
	68,328	117.57	1,721	272.25	3,984
	6,973	11.53	1,653	37.37	5,359
	3,850	6.32	1,641	13.09	3,399
	1,665	2.70	1,621	5.74	3,448
	488	0.77	1,576	1.61	3,297
	41,609	65.20	1,567	190.93	4,589
	3,109	4.74	1,524	11.29	3,631
	334	0.51	1,521	1.92	5,743
	97,262	146.89	1,510	268.21	2,758
	7,194	10.84	1,507	28.20	3,920
	37,459	56.00	1,495	96.76	2,583
	818	1.21	1,483	2.31	2,823
	15,330	22.44	1,464	40.46	2,639
	4,371	6.38	1,461	14.68	3,357
	45,316	65.64	1,448	120.32	2,655
	10,025	14.50	1,447	55.55	5,541
	994	1.42	1,433	3.62	3,644
	5,518	7.77	1,408	17.77	3,221
	9,240	12.73	1,378	28.72	3,108
	23,126	31.11	1,345	70.57	3,052
	31,328	41.40	1,322	94.48	3,016
	744	0.97	1,301	1.61	2,157
	98,490	122.70	1,246	226.51	2,300
	46,193	56.92	1,232	66.90	1,448
	173,536	212.71	1,226	469.75	2,707
	116,991	142.31	1,216	228.48	1,953
	4,334	5.26	1,215	14.93	3,444
	103	0.13	1,214	0.24	2,311
	4,620	5.61	1,213	10.91	2,361
	139,553	164.17	1,176	154.35	1,106
	86,599	101.56	1,173	119.96	1,385
	279	0.32	1,136	0.76	2,724
	333,483	364.35	1,093	767.92	2,303
	171,593	184.25	1,074	300.80	1,753
	318,219	341.67	1,074	567.94	1,785
	869	0.92	1,053	1.44	1,654
	55,495	55.08	992	75.47	1,360
	12,151	11.45	942	19.93	1,640
	17,523	16.45	939	25.31	1,444
	381,564	356.63	935	522.12	1,368
	21,201	19.06	899	49.21	2,321
	142,659	127.49	894	372.96	2,614
	132,715	116.83	880	209.40	1,578
	2,438	2.14	878	3.76	1,543
	41,378	35.73	863	56.44	1,364
	187,865	156.86	835	328.97	1,751
	785	0.61	780	1.19	1,520
	272,521	206.99	760	483.56	1,774
	21,292	15.85	744	22.41	1,053
	20,724	14.84	716	26.25	1,266
	48,085	31.69	659	79.24	1,648
	166,800	107.38	644	367.64	2,204
	1,564,669	989.43	632	1,887.61	1,206
	414,649	257.89	622	433.51	1,045
	53,266	32.30	606	72.93	1,369
	1,507	0.91	606	2.70	1,792
	35,050	21.03	600	51.71	1,475
	10,875	6.38	587	16.14	1,484
	1,510,351	874.77	579	2,672.66	1,770
	33,601	19.38	577	23.62	703
	106,132	60.93	574	198.94	1,874
	68,849	36.96	537	94.80	1,377
	92,572	49.27	532	90.51	978
	5,566	2.84	510	9.45	1,698
	11,081	5.60	505	2.29	207
	68,460	33.51	489	82.09	1,199
	44,103	21.40	485	23.40	531
	466,976	222.13	476	693.32	1,485
	27,438	12.28	447	25.70	937
	6,391	2.81	440	10.69	1,672
	7,821	3.41	436	9.19	1,175
	6,103,493	2,657.84	435	6,122.24	1,003
	193,508	81.00	419	150.56	778
	319,158	108.00	338	291.30	913
	9,442	3.16	334	7.47	791
	115,672	17.03	147	57.09	494

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, French Polynesia

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, Guadeloupe

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, Martinique

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, New Caledonia

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, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Réunion

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Including Greenland

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and Faroe Islands

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Including Netherlands Antilles

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Including Taiwan

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and Macau

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, excluding Hong Kong

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