China vs Nepal
China vs Nepal: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 9.32 tonnes in China and 0.54 tonnes in Nepal, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 8.78 tonnes, or 17 times that in Nepal.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, China ranked 21 and Nepal ranked 159 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | China | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.32 | 0.54 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 9.23 | 0.52 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 8.87 | 0.51 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 8.89 | 0.59 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 8.48 | 0.57 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.39 | 0.47 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 8.22 | 0.53 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 7.88 | 0.47 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 7.76 | 0.39 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 7.79 | 0.26 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 7.93 | 0.27 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 7.89 | 0.23 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 7.58 | 0.23 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 6.81 | 0.18 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 6.25 | 0.15 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 5.85 | 0.11 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 5.71 | 0.1 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 5.28 | 0.1 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 4.78 | 0.12 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 4.24 | 0.11 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3.71 | 0.13 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 3.23 | 0.12 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 3.01 | 0.15 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.89 | 0.14 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 2.75 | 0.14 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2.84 | 0.11 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 2.79 | 0.1 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.74 | 0.1 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.79 | 0.09 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 2.56 | 0.09 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 2.45 | 0.07 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 2.29 | 0.07 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 2.22 | 0.07 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 2.13 | 0.06 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 2.12 | 0.04 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 2.08 | 0.05 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.97 | 0.05 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.87 | 0.05 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.79 | 0.04 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.79 | 0.05 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.67 | 0.05 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.61 | 0.04 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.56 | 0.03 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.6 | 0.04 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.65 | 0.04 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.63 | 0.03 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.47 | 0.03 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.32 | 0.02 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.29 | 0.03 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.15 | 0.04 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.15 | 0.04 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.13 | 0.03 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.09 | 0.03 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.11 | 0.03 | 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
China vs Nepal
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Nepal: 70.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Nepal: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nepal: 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Nepal: 3.61% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Nepal: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Nepal: 29.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Nepal: -0.14% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Nepal: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Nepal: 67% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Nepal: 24.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Nepal: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Nepal: -13.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Nepal: 0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Nepal: $429M in 2025
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Nepal: $14 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Nepal: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Nepal: 112,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Nepal: 0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Nepal: 1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Nepal: 6 million TIV in 2025