Argentina vs Cuba
Argentina vs Cuba: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 4.01 tonnes in Argentina and 1.91 tonnes in Cuba, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Argentina, by 2.1 tonnes, or 2.1 times that in Cuba.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Cuba.
- In 2024, Argentina ranked 68 and Cuba ranked 115 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Argentina | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.01 | 1.91 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.17 | 1.82 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 1.79 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 1.96 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 3.72 | 1.65 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.08 | 1.99 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.25 | 2.39 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 4.32 | 2.36 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 4.42 | 2.42 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 4.51 | 2.61 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 4.42 | 2.38 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 4.54 | 2.57 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 4.48 | 2.56 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 4.43 | 2.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 4.03 | 2.39 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 4.43 | 2.36 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 4.33 | 2.45 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 4.1 | 2.38 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 3.92 | 2.33 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 3.86 | 2.25 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3.52 | 2.3 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 3.26 | 2.38 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 3.49 | 2.5 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 3.68 | 2.61 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 3.8 | 2.59 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 3.8 | 2.53 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 3.64 | 2.58 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 3.57 | 2.37 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 3.32 | 2.19 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 3.31 | 2.07 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 3.26 | 2.02 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 3.19 | 2.22 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 3.18 | 2.81 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 3.06 | 3.64 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 3.34 | 3.96 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.5 | 3.92 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.43 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.3 | 3.52 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.11 | 3.49 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 3.38 | 3.78 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 3.45 | 3.61 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 3.39 | 3.38 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 3.47 | 3.42 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 3.64 | 3.41 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 3.78 | 3.34 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.64 | 3.31 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 3.73 | 3.11 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 3.64 | 2.88 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 3.52 | 2.75 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 3.67 | 2.71 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 3.71 | 2.53 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 3.64 | 2.38 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 3.63 | 2.46 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 3.67 | 2.48 | 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
Argentina vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980