Cuba vs Ecuador
Cuba vs Ecuador: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 1.91 tonnes in Cuba and 2.65 tonnes in Ecuador, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 0.73 tonnes, or 1.38 times that in Cuba.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Ecuador has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Cuba.
- In 2024, Cuba ranked 115 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 | Cuba | Ecuador | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.91 | 2.65 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.82 | 2.6 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.79 | 2.48 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.96 | 2.33 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.65 | 2.09 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.99 | 2.42 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.39 | 2.48 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 2.36 | 2.45 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 2.42 | 2.55 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 2.61 | 2.66 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.38 | 2.71 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 2.57 | 2.6 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 2.56 | 2.48 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.46 | 2.5 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 2.54 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.39 | 2.39 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 2.36 | 2.24 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.45 | 2.21 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2.38 | 2.2 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 2.33 | 2.09 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2.25 | 1.97 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 2.3 | 1.87 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 2.38 | 1.85 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 2.5 | 1.88 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.61 | 1.74 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 2.59 | 1.74 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2.53 | 2 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 2.58 | 2.08 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.37 | 2.03 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.19 | 1.8 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 2.07 | 1.67 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 2.02 | 1.62 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 2.22 | 1.7 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 2.81 | 1.64 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 3.64 | 1.68 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 3.96 | 1.6 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.92 | 1.63 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.8 | 1.48 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.52 | 1.65 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.49 | 1.62 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 3.78 | 1.54 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 3.61 | 1.51 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 3.38 | 1.65 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 3.42 | 1.68 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 3.41 | 1.57 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 3.34 | 1.53 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.31 | 1.45 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 3.11 | 1.33 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 2.88 | 1.17 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 2.75 | 1.05 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.71 | 1 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 2.53 | 0.84 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 2.38 | 0.69 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 2.46 | 0.71 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.48 | 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
Cuba vs Ecuador
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Ecuador: 77.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Ecuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ecuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Ecuador: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Ecuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Ecuador: 18 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Ecuador: 0.87% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Ecuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Ecuador: 63.4% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Ecuador: 28.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Ecuador: 8.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ecuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Ecuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Ecuador: $150 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Ecuador: 42,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Ecuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Ecuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Ecuador: 30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Ecuador: 2 million TIV in 2018