Fig. 3: Countries SCI vs CO2 emissions by economic sector for 2020. | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 3: Countries SCI vs CO2 emissions by economic sector for 2020.

From: Sectoral economic complexity and environmental degradation: a sectoral perspective on the EKC hypothesis

Fig. 3

Scatter plots of SCI with respect to CO2 emissions for all 127 countries by sector in 2020. Each data point is represented by the respective country flag to illustrate distinctive behavior by country as captured by the SCI. Panels a (Agriculture Sector), b (Electronics & Instruments Sector), c (Fishing Sector), d (Food & Beverages Sector), e (Iron & Steel Sector), f (Machinery Sector), g (Metal Products Sector), h (Mining & Quarrying Sector), i (Other Manufacturing Sector), j (Petroleum, Chemicals & Non-Metals Sector), k (Textiles & Wearing Apparel Sector), and l (Wood & Paper Sector) show diverse patterns by sector, with country-specific characteristics expressed as varying degrees of sophistication across the portrayed economic sectors.

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