Afghanistan vs China: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.28 tonnes in Afghanistan and 9.32 tonnes in China, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 9.03 tonnes, or 33 times that in Afghanistan.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

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What the numbers say

China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
In 2024, Afghanistan ranked 175 and China ranked 21 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Afghanistan	China	World
2024	0.28	9.32	4.69
2023	0.28	9.23	4.68
2022	0.28	8.87	4.67
2021	0.31	8.89	4.69
2020	0.31	8.48	4.48
2019	0.32	8.39	4.7
2018	0.32	8.22	4.74
2017	0.29	7.88	4.67
2016	0.22	7.76	4.65
2015	0.25	7.79	4.7
2014	0.24	7.93	4.78
2013	0.27	7.89	4.81
2012	0.32	7.58	4.77
2011	0.39	7.4	4.76
2010	0.28	6.81	4.67
2009	0.22	6.25	4.45
2008	0.15	5.85	4.56
2007	0.08	5.71	4.59
2006	0.06	5.28	4.48
2005	0.05	4.78	4.39
2004	0.04	4.24	4.28
2003	0.04	3.71	4.15
2002	0.04	3.23	4.02
2001	0.05	3.01	4.01
2000	0.05	2.89	4.01
1999	0.07	2.75	3.95
1998	0.07	2.84	3.98
1997	0.07	2.79	4.02
1996	0.08	2.74	4.01
1995	0.09	2.79	3.99
1994	0.1	2.56	3.94
1993	0.12	2.45	3.97
1992	0.14	2.29	4.02
1991	0.23	2.22	4.1
1990	0.24	2.13	4.15
1989	0.24	2.12	4.16
1988	0.27	2.08	4.16
1987	0.29	1.97	4.1
1986	0.34	1.87	4.04
1985	0.36	1.79	4.05
1984	0.29	1.79	4.07
1983	0.27	1.67	4.01
1982	0.21	1.61	4.05
1981	0.19	1.56	4.18
1980	0.15	1.6	4.33
1979	0.15	1.65	4.46
1978	0.14	1.63	4.42
1977	0.17	1.47	4.36
1976	0.14	1.32	4.31
1975	0.16	1.29	4.15
1974	0.18	1.15	4.23
1973	0.14	1.15	4.32
1972	0.14	1.13	4.16
1971	0.15	1.09	4.04
1970	0.15	1.11	4.15

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Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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