Bangladesh vs India
Bangladesh vs India: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.72 tonnes in Bangladesh and 2.17 tonnes in India, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 1.46 tonnes, or 3.04 times that in Bangladesh.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 151 and India ranked 110 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Bangladesh | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.72 | 2.17 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.69 | 2.1 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.71 | 1.97 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 1.84 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.63 | 1.68 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.66 | 1.84 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.64 | 1.86 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.62 | 1.8 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.58 | 1.72 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.54 | 1.72 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.49 | 1.71 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.46 | 1.6 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.45 | 1.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.43 | 1.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 1.39 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.37 | 1.32 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.34 | 1.26 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.31 | 1.19 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | 1.11 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.28 | 1.06 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.27 | 1.03 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.26 | 0.97 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.25 | 0.96 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.24 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 0.93 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.19 | 0.88 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.19 | 0.88 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.18 | 0.85 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.18 | 0.83 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.15 | 0.79 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.14 | 0.76 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.14 | 0.74 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.12 | 0.73 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.13 | 0.69 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.13 | 0.67 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.12 | 0.64 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.11 | 0.62 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.11 | 0.59 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.1 | 0.56 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.09 | 0.55 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.1 | 0.51 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.09 | 0.47 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.08 | 0.43 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.06 | 0.38 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 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
Bangladesh vs India
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984India: 81 million TIV in 2025