Canada vs India
Canada vs India: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 14.01 tonnes in Canada and 2.17 tonnes in India, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by 11.84 tonnes, or 6.44 times that in India.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Canada ranked 12 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 | Canada | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.01 | 2.17 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 14.16 | 2.1 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 14.78 | 1.97 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 14.69 | 1.84 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 14.42 | 1.68 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 16.19 | 1.84 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 16.52 | 1.86 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 16.2 | 1.8 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 15.9 | 1.72 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 16.09 | 1.72 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 16.38 | 1.71 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 16.4 | 1.6 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 16.34 | 1.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 16.77 | 1.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 16.53 | 1.39 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 16.14 | 1.32 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 17.31 | 1.26 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 18.08 | 1.19 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 17.64 | 1.11 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 18.06 | 1.06 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 17.53 | 1.03 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 18.13 | 0.97 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 17.67 | 0.96 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 17.23 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 17.7 | 0.94 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 17.22 | 0.93 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 17.04 | 0.88 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 16.91 | 0.88 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 16.54 | 0.85 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 16.24 | 0.83 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0.79 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 15.57 | 0.76 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 15.77 | 0.74 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 15.5 | 0.73 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 15.91 | 0.69 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 17.43 | 0.67 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 17.18 | 0.64 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 16.23 | 0.62 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 15.96 | 0.59 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 16.51 | 0.56 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 16.67 | 0.55 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 16.06 | 0.51 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 16.48 | 0.49 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 17.4 | 0.47 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 18.37 | 0.44 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 18.4 | 0.43 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 17.99 | 0.41 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 18.04 | 0.43 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 17.63 | 0.43 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 17.29 | 0.41 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 17.98 | 0.4 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 17.87 | 0.38 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 17.24 | 0.39 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 16.66 | 0.38 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 16.8 | 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
Canada vs India
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025India: 81 million TIV in 2025