Colombia vs Ecuador
Colombia vs Ecuador: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 1.8 tonnes in Colombia and 2.65 tonnes in Ecuador, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 0.85 tonnes, or 1.47 times that in Colombia.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Ecuador has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Colombia.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 118 and Ecuador ranked 98 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 | Ecuador | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 | 2.65 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.77 | 2.6 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.71 | 2.48 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 2.33 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.67 | 2.09 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.72 | 2.42 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.74 | 2.48 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.68 | 2.45 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.87 | 2.55 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.84 | 2.66 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.82 | 2.71 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.81 | 2.6 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.61 | 2.48 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.62 | 2.5 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.52 | 2.54 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.48 | 2.39 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 1.4 | 2.24 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 1.42 | 2.21 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.38 | 2.2 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.47 | 2.09 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.45 | 1.97 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.47 | 1.87 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 1.85 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.59 | 1.88 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 1.62 | 1.74 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.57 | 1.74 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1.82 | 2 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 1.84 | 2.08 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 1.73 | 2.03 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.79 | 1.8 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.75 | 1.67 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.79 | 1.62 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.73 | 1.7 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.66 | 1.64 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.64 | 1.68 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.61 | 1.6 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.59 | 1.63 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.61 | 1.48 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.58 | 1.65 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.59 | 1.62 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.57 | 1.54 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.58 | 1.51 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.54 | 1.65 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.56 | 1.68 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.58 | 1.53 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.61 | 1.45 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.54 | 1.33 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.54 | 1.17 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.47 | 1.05 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.4 | 1 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.38 | 0.84 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.37 | 0.69 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.37 | 0.71 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.39 | 0.82 | 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 Ecuador
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Ecuador: 77.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ecuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ecuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Ecuador: 67.1% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Ecuador: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ecuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Ecuador: 18 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Ecuador: 0.87% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Ecuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Ecuador: 63.4% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Ecuador: 28.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Ecuador: 8.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Ecuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Ecuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Ecuador: $2.71B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Ecuador: $150 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Ecuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Ecuador: 42,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Ecuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Ecuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Ecuador: 30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Ecuador: 2 million TIV in 2018