Bangladesh vs Sweden
Bangladesh vs Sweden: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.72 tonnes in Bangladesh and 3.57 tonnes in Sweden, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 2.86 tonnes, or 5 times that in Bangladesh.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 151 and Sweden ranked 81 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 | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.72 | 3.57 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.69 | 3.48 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.71 | 3.6 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 3.89 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.63 | 3.67 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.66 | 3.84 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.64 | 3.9 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.62 | 4.16 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.58 | 4.28 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.54 | 4.38 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.49 | 4.41 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.46 | 4.58 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.45 | 4.8 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.43 | 5.13 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 5.64 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.37 | 5.05 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.34 | 5.61 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.31 | 5.78 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | 6.07 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.28 | 6.04 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.27 | 6.46 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.26 | 6.66 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.25 | 6.65 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.24 | 6.53 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 6.54 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 6.96 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.19 | 7.12 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.19 | 6.99 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.18 | 7.66 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.18 | 7.1 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.15 | 7.17 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.14 | 6.91 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.14 | 6.94 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.12 | 6.69 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.13 | 6.68 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.13 | 6.79 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.12 | 7.17 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.11 | 7.41 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.11 | 7.67 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.1 | 7.49 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.09 | 7.03 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.1 | 7.09 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.09 | 7.8 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.09 | 8.54 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.09 | 9.46 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.08 | 10.38 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.07 | 10.03 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.07 | 10.72 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.07 | 11.24 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.07 | 10.41 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.06 | 10.23 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.06 | 11.09 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.05 | 10.98 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.05 | 10.99 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.05 | 11.96 | 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 Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025