Brazil vs Uruguay
Brazil vs Uruguay: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.32 tonnes in Brazil and 2.57 tonnes in Uruguay, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Uruguay, by 0.25 tonnes, or 1.11 times that in Brazil.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Uruguay has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2024, Brazil ranked 108 and Uruguay ranked 100 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 | Uruguay | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.32 | 2.57 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.27 | 2.42 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 2.28 | 2.39 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 2.42 | 2.52 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 2.15 | 2.03 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.26 | 2.11 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.29 | 2.02 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 2.42 | 1.89 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 2.38 | 2.02 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 2.57 | 2.05 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.73 | 2.01 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 2.64 | 2.29 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 2.53 | 2.66 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.37 | 2.34 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.27 | 1.95 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.01 | 2.37 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 2.17 | 2.4 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.09 | 1.86 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1.97 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1.7 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1.75 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.92 | 1.4 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.97 | 1.41 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.99 | 1.53 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.01 | 1.71 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.96 | 2.12 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1.94 | 1.82 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 1.92 | 1.76 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 1.83 | 1.74 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.73 | 1.5 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.63 | 1.37 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.59 | 1.47 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.55 | 1.56 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.55 | 1.43 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.52 | 1.27 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.58 | 1.66 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.58 | 1.55 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.58 | 1.21 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.57 | 1.07 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.46 | 1.1 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.39 | 1.18 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.4 | 1.32 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.49 | 1.66 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.54 | 1.79 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.71 | 1.9 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.75 | 2.14 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.68 | 2 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.59 | 1.92 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.56 | 2 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 1.97 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.39 | 1.86 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.32 | 1.94 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.16 | 2.06 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.09 | 1.92 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.12 | 1.94 | 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 Uruguay
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Uruguay: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Uruguay: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uruguay: 5.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Uruguay: 3.62% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Uruguay: 16.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Uruguay: 3.39 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Uruguay: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Uruguay: 1.41 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Uruguay: 95.7% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Uruguay: 35.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Uruguay: 15.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Uruguay: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Uruguay: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Uruguay: $1.91B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Uruguay: $577 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Uruguay: 7.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Uruguay: 22,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Uruguay: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Uruguay: 1.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Uruguay: 1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Uruguay: 1 million TIV in 2000