Carbon dioxide emissions intensity measured in kilograms per purchasing power parity-adjusted dollar of GDP. The data originates from the World Bank's World Development Indicators Database Archives, which compiles national accounts on emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production. The temporal coverage and update frequency are not specified.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in CO2 emissions intensity per GDP unit over time for different countries.
- Model the decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions using the emissions per PPP GDP metric.
- Benchmark national climate policy effectiveness by comparing emissions intensity values across nations.
Strengths
- Derived from the authoritative World Bank World Development Indicators database.
- Provides a standardized metric (kg per PPP $ of GDP) for cross-country comparison.
Limitations
- The specific number of countries, years of coverage, and row count are unknown.
- Data may be aggregated from national reports with potential inconsistencies in measurement.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) Database Archives
- Collection Method
- Compiled from national accounts data on fossil fuel combustion and cement manufacture.
- Geography
- Global country-level coverage.