The carbon dioxide emissions intensity in the Middle East was 0.36 kilograms per U.S. dollar (kCO₂/$15p) in 2022. The Middle East's CO₂ emissions intensity has increased by almost 10 percent since 2000, and is now the second-highest CO₂ intensity worldwide, behind only the CIS. The Middle Eastern country Kuwait had the world's highest CO₂ intensity in 2022, at 0.63 kCO₂/$15p.
Carbon dioxide emission intensity in the Middle East from 2000 to 2022
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*Carbon dioxide intensity is the ratio of CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion over Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and measures the CO₂ emitted to generate one unit of GDP. GDP is expressed at constant exchange rate (2015 U.S. dollar, using purchasing power parities). This removes the impact of inflation. CO₂ emissions cover only the emissions for fossil fuels combustion.
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Enerdata. (July 6, 2023). Carbon dioxide emission intensity in the Middle East from 2000 to 2022 (in kilograms of CO₂ per U.S. dollar) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409346/middle-east-co2-emission-intensity-by-region/
Enerdata. "Carbon dioxide emission intensity in the Middle East from 2000 to 2022 (in kilograms of CO₂ per U.S. dollar)." Chart. July 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409346/middle-east-co2-emission-intensity-by-region/
Enerdata. (2023). Carbon dioxide emission intensity in the Middle East from 2000 to 2022 (in kilograms of CO₂ per U.S. dollar). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409346/middle-east-co2-emission-intensity-by-region/
Enerdata. "Carbon Dioxide Emission Intensity in The Middle East from 2000 to 2022 (in Kilograms of Co₂ per U.S. Dollar)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409346/middle-east-co2-emission-intensity-by-region/
Enerdata, Carbon dioxide emission intensity in the Middle East from 2000 to 2022 (in kilograms of CO₂ per U.S. dollar) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409346/middle-east-co2-emission-intensity-by-region/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Carbon dioxide emission intensity in the Middle East from 2000 to 2022 (in kilograms of CO₂ per U.S. dollar) [Graph], Enerdata, July 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409346/middle-east-co2-emission-intensity-by-region/