Brazil vs China
Brazil vs China: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.32 tonnes in Brazil and 9.32 tonnes in China, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 7 tonnes, or 4.02 times that in Brazil.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- China has been higher since 1981, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2024, Brazil ranked 108 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 | Brazil | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.32 | 9.32 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.27 | 9.23 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 2.28 | 8.87 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 2.42 | 8.89 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 2.15 | 8.48 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.26 | 8.39 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.29 | 8.22 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 2.42 | 7.88 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 2.38 | 7.76 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 2.57 | 7.79 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.73 | 7.93 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 2.64 | 7.89 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 2.53 | 7.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.37 | 7.4 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.27 | 6.81 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.01 | 6.25 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 2.17 | 5.85 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.09 | 5.71 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5.28 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4.78 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4.24 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.92 | 3.71 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.97 | 3.23 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.99 | 3.01 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.01 | 2.89 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.96 | 2.75 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1.94 | 2.84 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 1.92 | 2.79 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 1.83 | 2.74 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.73 | 2.79 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.63 | 2.56 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.59 | 2.45 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.55 | 2.29 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.55 | 2.22 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.52 | 2.13 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.58 | 2.12 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.58 | 2.08 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.58 | 1.97 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.57 | 1.87 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.46 | 1.79 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.39 | 1.79 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.4 | 1.67 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.49 | 1.61 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.54 | 1.56 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.71 | 1.6 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.75 | 1.65 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.68 | 1.63 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.59 | 1.47 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.56 | 1.32 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 1.29 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.39 | 1.15 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.32 | 1.15 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.16 | 1.13 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.12 | 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
Brazil vs China
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025China: $335B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025China: 207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025China: 880 million TIV in 2025