Year

GDP Growth Rate (%)

Carbon Emission Growth Rate

(%)

Decoupling Elasticity Index

Decoupling State

2014-2015

8.4

3.2

0.38

Weak Decoupling

2015-2016

8.1

1.7

0.21

Weak Decoupling

2016-2017

7.2

0.9

0.13

Weak Decoupling

2017-2018

6.6

−0.5

−0.08

Strong Decoupling

2018-2019

5.5

−1.2

−0.22

Strong Decoupling

2019-2020

3.6

−2.1

−0.58

Strong Decoupling

2020-2021

8.0

1.1

0.14

Weak Decoupling

2021-2022

5.1

−0.8

−0.16

Strong Decoupling

2022-2023

5.5

−1.4

−0.25

Strong Decoupling