Chile vs Cuba
Chile vs Cuba: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 3.94 tonnes in Chile and 1.91 tonnes in Cuba, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Chile, by 2.02 tonnes, or 2.06 times that in Cuba.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Cuba.
- In 2024, Chile ranked 73 and Cuba ranked 115 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Chile | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.94 | 1.91 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 3.92 | 1.82 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.63 | 1.79 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.58 | 1.96 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.52 | 1.65 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.96 | 1.99 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.75 | 2.39 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 4.84 | 2.36 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 4.87 | 2.42 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 4.68 | 2.61 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 4.41 | 2.38 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 4.83 | 2.57 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 4.64 | 2.56 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 4.56 | 2.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 4.21 | 2.5 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 4.01 | 2.39 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 4.24 | 2.36 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 4.06 | 2.45 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 3.66 | 2.38 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 3.62 | 2.33 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 3.61 | 2.25 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3.38 | 2.3 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 3.29 | 2.38 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 3.29 | 2.5 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 3.47 | 2.61 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 3.75 | 2.59 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 3.63 | 2.53 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 3.64 | 2.58 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 3.25 | 2.37 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.88 | 2.19 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 2.66 | 2.07 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 2.48 | 2.02 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 2.37 | 2.22 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 2.33 | 2.81 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 2.47 | 3.64 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 2.57 | 3.96 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 2.18 | 3.92 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.86 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.87 | 3.52 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.88 | 3.49 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.97 | 3.78 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.9 | 3.61 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.89 | 3.38 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.26 | 3.42 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 2.51 | 3.41 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 2.56 | 3.34 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 2.45 | 3.31 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 2.42 | 3.11 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 2.64 | 2.88 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 2.62 | 2.75 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.93 | 2.71 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 3.15 | 2.53 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 3.21 | 2.38 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 3.13 | 2.46 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.93 | 2.48 | 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
Chile vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980