Afghanistan vs Saudi Arabia: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.28 tonnes in Afghanistan and 18.48 tonnes in Saudi Arabia, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 18.2 tonnes, or 65 times that in Afghanistan.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

AfghanistanSaudi ArabiaWorld

What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
In 2024, Afghanistan ranked 175 and Saudi Arabia ranked 8 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2024	0.28	18.48	4.69
2023	0.28	18.85	4.68
2022	0.28	19.28	4.67
2021	0.31	19.18	4.69
2020	0.31	18.29	4.48
2019	0.32	19.29	4.7
2018	0.32	19.21	4.74
2017	0.29	19.48	4.67
2016	0.22	19.69	4.65
2015	0.25	20.51	4.7
2014	0.24	20.7	4.78
2013	0.27	19.81	4.81
2012	0.32	20.61	4.77
2011	0.39	20.29	4.76
2010	0.28	20.3	4.67
2009	0.22	18.33	4.45
2008	0.15	18.06	4.56
2007	0.08	17.34	4.59
2006	0.06	17.09	4.48
2005	0.05	16.85	4.39
2004	0.04	16.63	4.28
2003	0.04	16.41	4.15
2002	0.04	16.4	4.02
2001	0.05	16.18	4.01
2000	0.05	16.4	4.01
1999	0.07	16.44	3.95
1998	0.07	16.72	3.98
1997	0.07	16.22	4.02
1996	0.08	16.67	4.01
1995	0.09	16.34	3.99
1994	0.1	17.16	3.94
1993	0.12	16.46	3.97
1992	0.14	16.34	4.02
1991	0.23	15.92	4.1
1990	0.24	16.34	4.15
1989	0.24	15.85	4.16
1988	0.27	16.55	4.16
1987	0.29	16.13	4.1
1986	0.34	15.74	4.04
1985	0.36	16.64	4.05
1984	0.29	17.76	4.07
1983	0.27	25.1	4.01
1982	0.21	26.83	4.05
1981	0.19	27.91	4.18
1980	0.15	31.87	4.33
1979	0.15	27.49	4.46
1978	0.14	24.62	4.42
1977	0.17	24.5	4.36
1976	0.14	24.08	4.31
1975	0.16	20.64	4.15
1974	0.18	26.28	4.23
1973	0.14	26.38	4.32
1972	0.14	20.72	4.16
1971	0.15	16.95	4.04
1970	0.15	14.6	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.

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Deaths in conflictsAfghanistan: 1,498 deaths in 2022Saudi Arabia: 31 deaths in 2022