Canada vs Myanmar (Burma)
Canada vs Myanmar (Burma): CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 14.01 tonnes in Canada and 0.58 tonnes in Myanmar (Burma), by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by 13.43 tonnes, or 24 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
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 Myanmar (Burma) ranked 156 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 | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.01 | 0.58 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 14.16 | 0.58 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 14.78 | 0.58 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 14.69 | 0.6 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 14.42 | 0.65 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 16.19 | 0.65 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 16.52 | 0.64 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 16.2 | 0.65 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 15.9 | 0.45 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 16.09 | 0.39 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 16.38 | 0.35 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 16.4 | 0.28 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 16.34 | 0.25 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 16.77 | 0.19 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 16.53 | 0.18 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 16.14 | 0.16 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 17.31 | 0.17 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 18.08 | 0.23 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 17.64 | 0.22 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 18.06 | 0.24 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 17.53 | 0.23 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 18.13 | 0.23 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 17.67 | 0.19 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 17.23 | 0.19 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 17.7 | 0.22 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 17.22 | 0.21 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 17.04 | 0.19 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 16.91 | 0.18 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 16.54 | 0.18 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 16.24 | 0.17 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0.15 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 15.57 | 0.12 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 15.77 | 0.11 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 15.5 | 0.11 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 15.91 | 0.11 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 17.43 | 0.12 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 17.18 | 0.12 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 16.23 | 0.13 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 15.96 | 0.18 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 16.51 | 0.17 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 16.67 | 0.17 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 16.06 | 0.16 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 16.48 | 0.17 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 17.4 | 0.16 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 18.37 | 0.17 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 18.4 | 0.16 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 17.99 | 0.16 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 18.04 | 0.16 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 17.63 | 0.15 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 17.29 | 0.14 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 17.98 | 0.15 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 17.87 | 0.13 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 17.24 | 0.17 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 16.66 | 0.17 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 16.8 | 0.18 | 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 Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025