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Comparison · CO2 vs life expectancy

The carbon cost of a long life

Carbon-dioxide emissions per person against life expectancy at birth. Longer lives and heavier emissions climb together — but the countries that break the pattern are the whole interest. Some buy long lives on little carbon; others emit enormously for no extra years.

Correlation · r
+0.301
weak relationship
Countries
199
with both measures
X axis
CO2 per capita
vs Life expectancy at birth
Each point is one country · named points highlighted
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CO2 per capita (t) and Life expectancy at birth (yrs), by country
CountryRegionCO2 per capitaLife expectancy at birth
Hong Kong SAR, China East Asia & Pacific 4.6 85.5
Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23.7 84.6
Switzerland Europe & Central Asia 3.7 84.5
French Polynesia East Asia & Pacific 3.5 84.3
Japan East Asia & Pacific 7.8 84.1
Sweden Europe & Central Asia 3.6 84.1
Italy Europe & Central Asia 5.1 84.0
Spain Europe & Central Asia 4.5 84.0
Korea, Rep. East Asia & Pacific 11.4 83.7
Macao SAR, China East Asia & Pacific 2.5 83.4
Singapore East Asia & Pacific 9.8 83.4
Israel Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.8 83.3
Luxembourg Europe & Central Asia 10.6 83.3
Norway Europe & Central Asia 7.2 83.2
United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 18.3 83.2
Australia East Asia & Pacific 14.1 83.1
Faroe Islands Europe & Central Asia 0.0 83.1
France Europe & Central Asia 4.0 83.1
Ireland Europe & Central Asia 6.0 83.1
Malta Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 3.2 83.0
Iceland Europe & Central Asia 8.5 82.8
Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 47.3 82.6
Bermuda North America 4.1 82.5
Portugal Europe & Central Asia 3.3 82.5
Finland Europe & Central Asia 5.5 82.4
Belgium Europe & Central Asia 7.3 82.3
Denmark Europe & Central Asia 4.3 82.3
Slovenia Europe & Central Asia 6.3 82.3
Canada North America 14.0 82.2
New Zealand East Asia & Pacific 6.0 82.1
Austria Europe & Central Asia 6.3 82.0
Netherlands Europe & Central Asia 6.6 82.0
Greece Europe & Central Asia 5.0 81.9
Cyprus Europe & Central Asia 5.4 81.8
Puerto Rico (US) Latin America & Caribbean 4.8 81.8
Bahrain Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23.9 81.5
Maldives South Asia 3.6 81.5
United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia 4.2 81.4
Chile Latin America & Caribbean 3.9 81.3
Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean 1.6 81.0
Germany Europe & Central Asia 6.9 80.8
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Latin America & Caribbean 0.0 80.8
Cayman Islands Latin America & Caribbean 5.0 80.6
Oman Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 18.7 80.4
Czechia Europe & Central Asia 7.1 80.0
Albania Europe & Central Asia 1.8 79.8
Panama Latin America & Caribbean 2.7 79.8
Estonia Europe & Central Asia 7.8 79.4
Saudi Arabia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 18.5 79.3
Northern Mariana Islands East Asia & Pacific 0.0 79.1
Croatia Europe & Central Asia 4.8 79.0
United States North America 13.6 79.0
New Caledonia East Asia & Pacific 17.1 78.9
Poland Europe & Central Asia 7.6 78.5
Slovak Republic Europe & Central Asia 5.5 78.5
Armenia Europe & Central Asia 2.5 78.4
Cuba Latin America & Caribbean 1.9 78.3
Turks and Caicos Islands Latin America & Caribbean 4.9 78.2
Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean 2.6 78.2
China East Asia & Pacific 9.3 78.1
Jordan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.1 78.1
Peru Latin America & Caribbean 2.0 78.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe & Central Asia 6.4 77.9
Colombia Latin America & Caribbean 1.8 77.9
Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 9.1 77.9
Lebanon Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.9 77.9
Antigua and Barbuda Latin America & Caribbean 3.8 77.6
Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean 2.6 77.6
Guam East Asia & Pacific 0.0 77.6
Sri Lanka South Asia 1.1 77.6
Argentina Latin America & Caribbean 4.0 77.5
Turkiye Europe & Central Asia 5.4 77.5
Lithuania Europe & Central Asia 4.5 77.3
Malaysia East Asia & Pacific 8.3 77.0
Hungary Europe & Central Asia 4.5 76.8
North Macedonia Europe & Central Asia 4.0 76.7
Thailand East Asia & Pacific 4.0 76.7
Tunisia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.6 76.7
Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.0 76.5
Latvia Europe & Central Asia 3.6 76.5
Romania Europe & Central Asia 3.7 76.5
Aruba Latin America & Caribbean 5.1 76.4
Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa 7.2 76.4
Barbados Latin America & Caribbean 2.5 76.3
Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 1.3 76.2
Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 2.3 76.0
Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia 5.3 75.8
Brunei Darussalam East Asia & Pacific 20.2 75.6
Morocco Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.8 75.6
Grenada Latin America & Caribbean 1.5 75.5
Mexico Latin America & Caribbean 3.6 75.2
Bangladesh South Asia 0.7 75.0
Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean 0.8 75.0
Bahamas, The Latin America & Caribbean 3.6 74.7
Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific 4.3 74.7
Ukraine Europe & Central Asia 3.1 74.6
Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia 3.8 74.5
Belarus Europe & Central Asia 5.9 74.5
Georgia Europe & Central Asia 3.6 74.5
Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia 12.6 74.4
Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean 1.2 74.1
Belize Latin America & Caribbean 0.9 73.9
Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean 3.0 73.9
Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 3.5 73.9
Suriname Latin America & Caribbean 4.1 73.8
Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & Caribbean 19.6 73.7
Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 14.0 73.6
Bhutan South Asia 2.0 73.4
American Samoa East Asia & Pacific 0.0 73.2
Honduras Latin America & Caribbean 1.1 73.1
St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean 1.7 73.0
Tonga East Asia & Pacific 1.6 73.0
Venezuela, RB Latin America & Caribbean 3.4 72.8
Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean 1.1 72.7
Syrian Arab Republic Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.3 72.6
Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia 4.1 72.6
Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia 1.5 72.5
Mongolia East Asia & Pacific 7.8 72.5
St. Kitts and Nevis Latin America & Caribbean 2.9 72.4
India South Asia 2.2 72.3
Iraq Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.2 72.3
El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean 1.5 72.1
Samoa East Asia & Pacific 1.6 71.9
Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia 0.9 71.9
Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.5 71.8
Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific 0.9 71.8
Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean 2.8 71.6
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Latin America & Caribbean 1.3 71.6
Dominica Latin America & Caribbean 1.3 71.5
Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 2.9 71.3
Libya Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 8.7 71.2
Moldova Europe & Central Asia 3.4 71.2
Cambodia East Asia & Pacific 1.1 70.8
Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific 0.4 70.8
Nepal South Asia 0.5 70.6
Guyana Latin America & Caribbean 4.6 70.4
Greenland Europe & Central Asia 10.5 70.3
Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 0.6 70.2
Philippines East Asia & Pacific 1.5 70.0
Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia 10.9 70.0
Palau East Asia & Pacific 82.8 69.6
Yemen, Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.3 69.5
Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 2.7 69.3
Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific 3.4 69.3
Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 0.8 69.0
Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean 2.3 68.8
Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 2.0 68.7
Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 1.0 68.7
Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 68.4
Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific 0.5 68.0
Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.8 67.9
Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 67.9
Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 67.7
Fiji East Asia & Pacific 1.6 67.5
Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 67.5
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. East Asia & Pacific 0.0 67.5
Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 1.2 67.5
Tuvalu East Asia & Pacific 0.0 67.4
Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific 0.0 67.3
Myanmar East Asia & Pacific 0.6 67.2
Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3 67.2
Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5 67.1
Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 66.6
Kiribati East Asia & Pacific 0.6 66.5
Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific 0.5 66.5
Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5 66.5
Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.3 66.3
South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 6.9 66.3
Djibouti Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.8 66.2
Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 66.1
Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 1.3 66.0
Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 0.7 65.7
Haiti Latin America & Caribbean 0.3 65.2
Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 0.7 64.8
Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 0.9 64.2
Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 64.2
Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 2.6 64.1
Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 64.0
Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 63.9
Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 63.9
Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 63.8
Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3 63.6
Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3 62.9
Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 0.8 62.9
Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 62.3
Nauru East Asia & Pacific 0.0 62.3
Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 0.6 62.2
Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 62.1
Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 0.2 62.0
Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 61.4
Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3 61.3
Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5 61.0
Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 60.9
Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3 60.7
Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0 59.0
Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 57.7
Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 57.5
Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 55.3
Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 0.6 54.6

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