Colombia vs Venezuela
Colombia vs Venezuela: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 1.8 tonnes in Colombia and 3.39 tonnes in Venezuela, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1.6 tonnes, or 1.89 times that in Colombia.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 118 and Venezuela ranked 87 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 | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 | 3.39 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.77 | 3.41 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.71 | 3.26 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 2.69 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.67 | 2.7 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.72 | 4.16 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.74 | 4.62 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.68 | 4.97 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.87 | 5.3 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.84 | 5.75 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.82 | 6.34 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.81 | 6.45 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.61 | 6.56 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.62 | 5.93 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.52 | 6.14 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.48 | 5.81 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 1.4 | 5.85 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 1.42 | 5.64 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.38 | 5.84 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.47 | 5.82 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.45 | 5.68 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.47 | 5.52 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 5.82 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.59 | 5.74 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 1.62 | 5.62 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.57 | 5.48 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1.82 | 5.74 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 1.84 | 5.79 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 1.73 | 5.89 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.79 | 5.4 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.75 | 5.64 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.79 | 5.18 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.73 | 5.11 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.66 | 5.19 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.64 | 5.17 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.61 | 5.15 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.59 | 4.96 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.61 | 5.28 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.58 | 5.17 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.59 | 5.27 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.57 | 5.54 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.58 | 5.48 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.54 | 5.77 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.56 | 5.81 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.57 | 5.94 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.58 | 5.57 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.61 | 5.06 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.54 | 4.84 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.54 | 4.85 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.47 | 4.74 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.4 | 5.16 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.38 | 5.39 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.37 | 4.92 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.37 | 4.94 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.39 | 5.21 | 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 Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009