Bhutan vs China
Bhutan vs China: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.01 tonnes in Bhutan and 9.32 tonnes in China, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 7.3 tonnes, or 4.63 times that in Bhutan.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Bhutan ranked 114 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 | Bhutan | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.01 | 9.32 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.99 | 9.23 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.94 | 8.87 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.99 | 8.89 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.84 | 8.48 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.36 | 8.39 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 8.22 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.95 | 7.88 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.91 | 7.76 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.77 | 7.79 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.54 | 7.93 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.53 | 7.89 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.47 | 7.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.56 | 7.4 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.29 | 6.81 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.15 | 6.25 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.84 | 5.85 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.85 | 5.71 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.85 | 5.28 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.82 | 4.78 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.77 | 4.24 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.78 | 3.71 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.76 | 3.23 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.72 | 3.01 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.68 | 2.89 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.69 | 2.75 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.7 | 2.84 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.68 | 2.79 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.65 | 2.74 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.59 | 2.79 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.46 | 2.56 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.36 | 2.45 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.32 | 2.29 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.31 | 2.22 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.31 | 2.13 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.24 | 2.12 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.24 | 2.08 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.24 | 1.97 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.16 | 1.87 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.16 | 1.79 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.16 | 1.79 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.17 | 1.67 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.17 | 1.61 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.17 | 1.56 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.12 | 1.6 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.12 | 1.65 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.12 | 1.63 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.12 | 1.47 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.12 | 1.32 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.12 | 1.29 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.12 | 1.15 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.12 | 1.15 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.12 | 1.13 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.12 | 1.09 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.11 | 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
Bhutan vs China
Health
- Life expectancyBhutan: 73 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBhutan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBhutan: 19.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBhutan: 3.44% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateBhutan: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBhutan: 786,400 people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBhutan: 0.69% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBhutan: 1.46 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBhutan: 43.4% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageBhutan: 29.4 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBhutan: 6.4% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBhutan: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelBhutan: 6,000 people in 2000China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerBhutan: 0.01% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBhutan: 2.34% of the labour force in 2000China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBhutan: 5 million TIV in 2021China: 207 million TIV in 2025