Colombia vs Cuba
Colombia vs Cuba: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 1.8 tonnes in Colombia and 1.91 tonnes in Cuba, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cuba, by 0.11 tonnes, or 1.06 times that in Colombia.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Colombia.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 118 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 | Colombia | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 | 1.91 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.77 | 1.82 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.71 | 1.79 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 1.96 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.67 | 1.65 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.72 | 1.99 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.74 | 2.39 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.68 | 2.36 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.87 | 2.42 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.84 | 2.61 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.82 | 2.38 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.81 | 2.57 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.61 | 2.56 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.62 | 2.46 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.52 | 2.5 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.48 | 2.39 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 1.4 | 2.36 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 1.42 | 2.45 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.38 | 2.38 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.47 | 2.33 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.45 | 2.25 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.47 | 2.3 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 2.38 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.59 | 2.5 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 1.62 | 2.61 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.57 | 2.59 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1.82 | 2.53 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 1.84 | 2.58 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 1.73 | 2.37 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.79 | 2.19 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.75 | 2.07 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.79 | 2.02 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.73 | 2.22 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.66 | 2.81 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.64 | 3.64 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.61 | 3.96 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.59 | 3.92 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.61 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.58 | 3.52 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.59 | 3.49 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.57 | 3.78 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.58 | 3.61 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.54 | 3.38 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.56 | 3.42 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.57 | 3.41 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.58 | 3.34 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.61 | 3.31 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.54 | 3.11 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.54 | 2.88 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.47 | 2.75 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.4 | 2.71 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.38 | 2.53 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.37 | 2.38 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.37 | 2.46 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.39 | 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
Colombia vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980