GDP per tonne of CO₂ sits near Japan, below Germany and above Korea.
Taiwan’s 2024 carbon intensity of 0.1856 tCO₂eq per US$1,000 implies about US$5.4k of GDP per tonne. That is close to Japan under the Taiwan CCA comparison, above Korea under the World-Bank-backed value used here, and well below Germany. The chart should be read as a directional carbon-productivity benchmark, not a fully same-source ranking.
Source 1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Comparison
Publisher: Climate Change Administration, Taiwan
Dataset/table: Carbon Intensity by Country: 2023 vs 2024
Units: tCO₂eq/kUSD GDP
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Reports Taiwan 2024 carbon intensity of about 0.1856 tCO₂eq/kUSD and Japan at about 0.1861.
Note: Reports Taiwan 2024 carbon intensity of about 0.1856 tCO₂eq/kUSD and Japan at about 0.1861.
Source 2: South Korea Carbon intensity
Publisher: TheGlobalEconomy.com / World Bank
Dataset/table: Carbon intensity latest value 2024
Units: kg CO2 per dollar of GDP
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Reports South Korea 2024 carbon intensity at 0.21 kg CO2 per dollar of GDP.
Note: Reports South Korea 2024 carbon intensity at 0.21 kg CO2 per dollar of GDP.
Source 3: Germany Carbon intensity
Publisher: TheGlobalEconomy.com / World Bank
Dataset/table: Carbon intensity latest value 2024
Units: kg CO2 per dollar of GDP
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Reports Germany 2024 carbon intensity at 0.11 kg CO2 per dollar of GDP.
Note: Reports Germany 2024 carbon intensity at 0.11 kg CO2 per dollar of GDP.
Source 4: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Publisher: Our World in Data
Dataset/table: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Units: kg CO₂ per international-$
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Defines territorial carbon intensity and documents the Global Carbon Budget/Maddison source basis.
Note: Defines territorial carbon intensity and documents the Global Carbon Budget/Maddison source basis.
Taiwan and Japan use CCA/JRC-style values; Korea and Germany use World-Bank-backed secondary carbon-intensity pages. Same-source refresh recommended for official-final status.
Convert carbon intensity in kg CO₂ per US$ GDP into GDP per tonne: 1000 / kg-per-dollar.
Mixed carbon-intensity sources; source-labelled only.
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