Bangladesh: Carbon intensity

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 Bangladesh

Carbon intensity

 Latest value 0.08
 Year 2024
 Measure kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP
 Data availability 1990 - 2024
 Average 0.09
 Min - Max 0.06 - 0.10
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.08 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP, unchanged from 0.08 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.18 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP, based on data from 182 countries. Historically, the average for Bangladesh from 1990 to 2024 is 0.09 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP. The minimum value, 0.06 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 0.1 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP was recorded in 2010. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Bangladesh: Carbon intensity
 2024 0.08
 2023 0.08
 2022 0.09
 2021 0.09
 2020 0.09
 2019 0.10
 2018 0.10
 2017 0.10




Definition: Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in 2021 PPP $.

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