Algeria vs Iraq
Algeria vs Iraq: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 3.98 tonnes in Algeria and 5.18 tonnes in Iraq, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 1.2 tonnes, or 1.3 times that in Algeria.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Algeria.
- In 2024, Algeria ranked 71 and Iraq ranked 49 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Algeria | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.98 | 5.18 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.13 | 5.17 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.16 | 5.04 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.05 | 4.64 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 4.37 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.11 | 4.49 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 3.99 | 4.25 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 3.94 | 4.03 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 4.11 | 3.67 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 3.95 | 3.78 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 3.79 | 4.09 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 3.73 | 3.95 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 3.38 | 3.6 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 3.28 | 3.59 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 3.27 | 3.22 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 3.27 | 3.13 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 3.19 | 2.76 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 3.14 | 2.97 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 3.06 | 3.07 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2.96 | 3.28 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3.09 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 2.83 | 3.66 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 2.74 | 4 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.85 | 3.64 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 2.79 | 3.14 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2.71 | 4.12 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 2.69 | 5.46 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.81 | 4.68 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.94 | 5.24 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 2.91 | 5.46 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 3.04 | 5.22 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 3.18 | 4.14 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 2.89 | 3.07 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 2.84 | 3.95 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 2.96 | 4.23 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.03 | 3.89 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.08 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.3 | 3.82 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.26 | 3.49 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 2.93 | 3.12 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 2.88 | 2.86 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 2.86 | 2.67 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.81 | 2.59 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 3.07 | 3.84 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 3.18 | 4.41 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.28 | 3.68 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 3.07 | 3.46 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 2.87 | 3.9 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 2.32 | 3.21 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.64 | 2.9 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 3.2 | 2.79 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 2.44 | 2.63 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.63 | 2.73 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.43 | 2.42 | 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
Algeria vs Iraq
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Iraq: 72.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Iraq: 59.7% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Iraq: 3.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Iraq: 45.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Iraq: 2.15% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Iraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Iraq: 69.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Iraq: 20.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Iraq: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Iraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Iraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Iraq: $6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Iraq: $139 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Iraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Iraq: 459,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Iraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Iraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Iraq: 55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Iraq: 20 million TIV in 1989