Bhutan vs India
Bhutan vs India: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.01 tonnes in Bhutan and 2.17 tonnes in India, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 0.16 tonnes, or 1.08 times that in Bhutan.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Bhutan.
- In 2024, Bhutan ranked 114 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 | Bhutan | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.01 | 2.17 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.99 | 2.1 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.99 | 1.84 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.84 | 1.68 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.36 | 1.84 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.86 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.95 | 1.8 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.91 | 1.72 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.77 | 1.72 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.54 | 1.71 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.53 | 1.6 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.47 | 1.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.56 | 1.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.29 | 1.39 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.15 | 1.32 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.84 | 1.26 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.85 | 1.19 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.85 | 1.11 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.82 | 1.06 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.77 | 1.03 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.78 | 0.97 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.76 | 0.96 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.72 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.68 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.69 | 0.93 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.7 | 0.88 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.68 | 0.88 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.65 | 0.85 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.59 | 0.83 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.46 | 0.79 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.36 | 0.76 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.32 | 0.74 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.31 | 0.73 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.31 | 0.69 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.24 | 0.67 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.24 | 0.64 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.24 | 0.62 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.16 | 0.59 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.16 | 0.56 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.16 | 0.55 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.17 | 0.51 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.17 | 0.47 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.12 | 0.44 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.12 | 0.4 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.11 | 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
Bhutan vs India
Health
- Life expectancyBhutan: 73 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBhutan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBhutan: 19.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBhutan: 3.44% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateBhutan: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBhutan: 786,400 people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBhutan: 0.69% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBhutan: 1.46 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBhutan: 43.4% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageBhutan: 29.4 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBhutan: 6.4% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBhutan: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelBhutan: 6,000 people in 2000India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerBhutan: 0.01% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBhutan: 2.34% of the labour force in 2000India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBhutan: 5 million TIV in 2021India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025