Belgium vs India
Belgium vs India: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 7.31 tonnes in Belgium and 2.17 tonnes in India, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belgium, by 5.13 tonnes, or 3.36 times that in India.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Belgium ranked 30 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 | Belgium | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.31 | 2.17 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 7.28 | 2.1 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 7.68 | 1.97 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 8.29 | 1.84 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 7.97 | 1.68 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.73 | 1.84 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 8.79 | 1.86 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 8.77 | 1.8 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 8.94 | 1.72 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 9.08 | 1.72 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 8.72 | 1.71 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 9.35 | 1.6 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 9.28 | 1.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 9.47 | 1.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 10.55 | 1.39 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 9.94 | 1.32 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 10.67 | 1.26 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 10.63 | 1.19 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1.11 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 11.36 | 1.06 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 1.03 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 11.89 | 0.97 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 11.47 | 0.96 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 12.23 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 12.18 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 12.02 | 0.93 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 12.48 | 0.88 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 12.21 | 0.88 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 12.53 | 0.85 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 12.07 | 0.83 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 12.06 | 0.79 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 11.47 | 0.76 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 11.71 | 0.74 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 11.97 | 0.73 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 11.62 | 0.69 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 11.35 | 0.67 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 11.28 | 0.64 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 11.09 | 0.62 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 11.09 | 0.59 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 11.04 | 0.56 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 11.29 | 0.55 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0.51 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 11.99 | 0.49 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 12.77 | 0.47 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 13.98 | 0.44 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 15.1 | 0.43 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 14.17 | 0.41 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 13.74 | 0.43 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 14.02 | 0.43 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 13.06 | 0.41 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 14.86 | 0.4 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 15.03 | 0.38 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 14.52 | 0.39 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 13.38 | 0.38 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 14.45 | 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
Belgium vs India
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025India: 81 million TIV in 2025