In general, this isn't as big a difference as many claim. On the other hand, the UK is probably an outlier in this regard and exhibits one of the largest such e

In general, this isn't as big a difference as many claim. On the other hand, the UK is probably an outlier in this regard and exhibits one of the largest such effects, so the reduction given as 50% in the article is more like 35% once imports are accounted for. Some comparitive graphs in this article: https://ourworldindata.org/co2-gdp-decoupling https://ourworldindata.org/co2-gdp-decoupling