Brazil vs Guyana
Brazil vs Guyana: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.32 tonnes in Brazil and 4.56 tonnes in Guyana, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guyana, by 2.24 tonnes, or 1.97 times that in Brazil.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2024, Brazil ranked 108 and Guyana ranked 58 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 | Guyana | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.32 | 4.56 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.27 | 4.53 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 2.28 | 4.48 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 2.42 | 4.07 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 2.15 | 4.12 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.26 | 3.46 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.29 | 3.26 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 2.42 | 3.21 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 2.38 | 3.22 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 2.57 | 2.73 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.73 | 2.74 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 2.64 | 2.64 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 2.53 | 2.68 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.37 | 2.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.27 | 2.35 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.01 | 2.17 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 2.17 | 2.13 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1.76 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1.95 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2.2 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.92 | 2.12 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.97 | 2.13 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.99 | 2.15 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.01 | 2.17 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.96 | 2.27 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1.94 | 2.29 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 1.92 | 2.26 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 1.83 | 2.08 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.73 | 2.02 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.63 | 1.87 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.59 | 1.45 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.55 | 1.44 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.52 | 1.57 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.58 | 1.64 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.58 | 1.84 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.58 | 1.76 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.57 | 1.78 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.46 | 1.87 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.39 | 1.81 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.4 | 1.67 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.49 | 1.86 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.54 | 2.28 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.71 | 2.29 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.75 | 2.18 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.68 | 2.3 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.59 | 2.46 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.56 | 2.48 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 2.47 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.39 | 2.11 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.32 | 2.42 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.16 | 2.11 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.09 | 2.11 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.12 | 2.14 | 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 Guyana
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Guyana: 70.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Guyana: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guyana: 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Guyana: 4.14% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Guyana: 26.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Guyana: 826,400 people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Guyana: 0.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Guyana: 2.41 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Guyana: 26.5% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Guyana: 25.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Guyana: 6.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Guyana: -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Guyana: 0.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Guyana: $240M in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Guyana: $297 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Guyana: 4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Guyana: 3,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Guyana: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Guyana: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Guyana: 5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Guyana: 2 million TIV in 1976