Afghanistan vs Iran
Afghanistan vs Iran: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.28 tonnes in Afghanistan and 9.05 tonnes in Iran, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 8.77 tonnes, or 32 times that in Afghanistan.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Afghanistan ranked 175 and Iran ranked 22 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 | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.28 | 9.05 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.28 | 9.01 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.28 | 8.85 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.31 | 8.87 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.31 | 8.39 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.32 | 8.19 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.32 | 7.68 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.29 | 7.84 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.22 | 7.66 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.25 | 7.62 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.24 | 7.81 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.27 | 7.62 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.32 | 7.47 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.39 | 7.48 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.28 | 7.45 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.22 | 7.5 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.15 | 7.35 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.08 | 7.22 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.06 | 6.9 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.05 | 6.53 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.04 | 6.19 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.04 | 5.9 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.04 | 5.65 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.05 | 5.46 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.05 | 5.33 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.07 | 5.13 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.07 | 4.76 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.07 | 4.83 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.08 | 4.68 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.09 | 4.56 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.1 | 4.51 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.12 | 3.96 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.14 | 4 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.23 | 3.84 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.24 | 3.57 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.24 | 3.15 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.27 | 3.02 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.29 | 3.09 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.34 | 3.03 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.36 | 3.37 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.29 | 3.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.27 | 3.47 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.21 | 3.19 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.19 | 2.74 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.15 | 2.92 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.15 | 3.55 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.14 | 3.94 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.17 | 4.18 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.14 | 4.11 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.16 | 3.67 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.18 | 3.71 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.14 | 3.6 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.14 | 3.11 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.15 | 2.87 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.15 | 2.76 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025