Austria vs Saudi Arabia
Austria vs Saudi Arabia: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 6.32 tonnes in Austria and 18.48 tonnes in Saudi Arabia, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 12.16 tonnes, or 2.92 times that in Austria.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Austria ranked 38 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 | Austria | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.32 | 18.48 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 18.85 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 6.93 | 19.28 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 7.39 | 19.18 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 7.06 | 18.29 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 7.75 | 19.29 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 7.61 | 19.21 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 7.97 | 19.48 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 7.76 | 19.69 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 7.79 | 20.51 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 7.71 | 20.7 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 8.21 | 19.81 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 8.19 | 20.61 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 8.6 | 20.29 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 8.82 | 20.3 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 8.16 | 18.33 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 9.04 | 18.06 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 9.09 | 17.34 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 9.47 | 17.09 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 9.77 | 16.85 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 9.74 | 16.63 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 9.63 | 16.41 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 9.06 | 16.4 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 8.88 | 16.18 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 8.33 | 16.4 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 8.29 | 16.44 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 8.54 | 16.72 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 8.48 | 16.22 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 8.54 | 16.67 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 8.06 | 16.34 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 7.7 | 17.16 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 7.66 | 16.46 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 7.72 | 16.34 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 8.45 | 15.92 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 8.02 | 16.34 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 7.5 | 15.85 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 7.53 | 16.55 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 7.73 | 16.13 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 7.66 | 15.74 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 7.82 | 16.64 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 7.63 | 17.76 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 7.39 | 25.1 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 7.38 | 26.83 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 7.67 | 27.91 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 8.15 | 31.87 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 8.39 | 27.49 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 8.05 | 24.62 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 7.8 | 24.5 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 8.16 | 24.08 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 7.44 | 20.64 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 7.73 | 26.28 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 8.07 | 26.38 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 7.67 | 20.72 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 7.42 | 16.95 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 7.1 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023