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Annual Growth in GDP and CO2 Emissions

Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021

Graphs/Tables Grades 9-12, 6-8

Synopsis

This interactive line graph and table compare the annual change in GDP with the change in carbon dioxide emissions.
The data starts from 1961 and can be customized to show specific world regions, countries, and continents. It can also be downloaded.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Economics, Mathematics

Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Additional Prerequisites

Students should know how to read a line graph.
Students should be familiar with the terms gross domestic product and carbon emissions.

Differentiation

Statistics and math classes could examine and discuss the mathematical relationship between the change in GDP and the change in CO2 emissions.
Economics classes could evaluate the data from the United States and discuss how the relationship between GDP and CO2 emissions might be starting to change.

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