Bangladesh vs Iran
Bangladesh vs Iran: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.72 tonnes in Bangladesh and 9.05 tonnes in Iran, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 8.34 tonnes, or 13 times that in Bangladesh.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 151 and Iran ranked 22 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 | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.72 | 9.05 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.69 | 9.01 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.71 | 8.85 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 8.87 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.63 | 8.39 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.66 | 8.19 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.64 | 7.68 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.62 | 7.84 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.58 | 7.66 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.54 | 7.62 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.49 | 7.81 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.46 | 7.62 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.45 | 7.47 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.43 | 7.48 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 7.45 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.37 | 7.5 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.34 | 7.35 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.31 | 7.22 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.28 | 6.53 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.27 | 6.19 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.26 | 5.9 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.25 | 5.65 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.24 | 5.46 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 5.33 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 5.13 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.19 | 4.76 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.19 | 4.83 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.18 | 4.68 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.18 | 4.56 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.15 | 4.51 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.14 | 3.96 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.14 | 4 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.12 | 3.84 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.13 | 3.57 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.13 | 3.15 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.12 | 3.02 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.11 | 3.09 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.11 | 3.03 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.1 | 3.37 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.09 | 3.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.1 | 3.47 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.09 | 3.19 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.09 | 2.74 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.09 | 2.92 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.08 | 3.55 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.07 | 3.94 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.07 | 4.18 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.07 | 4.11 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.07 | 3.67 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.06 | 3.71 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.06 | 3.6 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.05 | 3.11 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.05 | 2.87 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.05 | 2.76 | 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 Iran
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025