Belgium vs China
Belgium vs China: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 7.31 tonnes in Belgium and 9.32 tonnes in China, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 2.01 tonnes, or 1.27 times that in Belgium.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- China has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Belgium.
- In 2024, Belgium ranked 30 and China ranked 21 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Belgium | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.31 | 9.32 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 7.28 | 9.23 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 7.68 | 8.87 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 8.29 | 8.89 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 7.97 | 8.48 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.73 | 8.39 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 8.79 | 8.22 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 8.77 | 7.88 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 8.94 | 7.76 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 9.08 | 7.79 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 8.72 | 7.93 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 9.35 | 7.89 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 9.28 | 7.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 9.47 | 7.4 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 10.55 | 6.81 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 9.94 | 6.25 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 10.67 | 5.85 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 10.63 | 5.71 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 11 | 5.28 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 11.36 | 4.78 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 4.24 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 11.89 | 3.71 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 11.47 | 3.23 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 12.23 | 3.01 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 12.18 | 2.89 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 12.02 | 2.75 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 12.48 | 2.84 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 12.21 | 2.79 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 12.53 | 2.74 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 12.07 | 2.79 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 12.06 | 2.56 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 11.47 | 2.45 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 11.71 | 2.29 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 11.97 | 2.22 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 11.62 | 2.13 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 11.35 | 2.12 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 11.28 | 2.08 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 11.09 | 1.97 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 11.09 | 1.87 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 11.04 | 1.79 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 11.29 | 1.79 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 11 | 1.67 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 11.99 | 1.61 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 12.77 | 1.56 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 13.98 | 1.6 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 15.1 | 1.65 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 14.17 | 1.63 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 13.74 | 1.47 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 14.02 | 1.32 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 13.06 | 1.29 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 14.86 | 1.15 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 15.03 | 1.15 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 14.52 | 1.13 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 13.38 | 1.09 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 14.45 | 1.11 | 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
Belgium vs China
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025China: $335B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025China: 207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025China: 880 million TIV in 2025