Brazil vs Colombia
Brazil vs Colombia: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.32 tonnes in Brazil and 1.8 tonnes in Colombia, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.52 tonnes, or 1.29 times that in Colombia.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Colombia.
- In 2024, Brazil ranked 108 and Colombia ranked 118 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 | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.32 | 1.8 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.27 | 1.77 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 2.28 | 1.71 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 2.42 | 1.8 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 2.15 | 1.67 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.26 | 1.72 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.29 | 1.74 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 2.42 | 1.68 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 2.38 | 1.87 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 2.57 | 1.84 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.73 | 1.82 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 2.64 | 1.81 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 2.53 | 1.61 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.37 | 1.62 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.27 | 1.52 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.01 | 1.48 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 2.17 | 1.4 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.09 | 1.42 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1.38 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1.47 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1.45 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.92 | 1.47 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.97 | 1.5 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.99 | 1.59 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.01 | 1.62 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.96 | 1.57 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1.94 | 1.82 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 1.92 | 1.84 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 1.83 | 1.73 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.73 | 1.79 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.63 | 1.75 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.59 | 1.79 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.55 | 1.73 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.55 | 1.66 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.52 | 1.64 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.58 | 1.61 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.58 | 1.59 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.58 | 1.61 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.57 | 1.58 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.46 | 1.59 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.39 | 1.57 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.4 | 1.58 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.49 | 1.54 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.54 | 1.56 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.71 | 1.57 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.68 | 1.61 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.59 | 1.54 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.56 | 1.54 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 1.47 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.39 | 1.4 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.32 | 1.38 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.16 | 1.37 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.09 | 1.37 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.12 | 1.39 | 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
Brazil vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Colombia: 73.9% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020