Eritrea vs Sudan
Eritrea vs Sudan: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.22 tonnes in Eritrea and 0.43 tonnes in Sudan, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.21 tonnes, or 1.97 times that in Eritrea.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Eritrea.
- In 2024, Eritrea ranked 179 and Sudan ranked 164 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Eritrea | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.21 | 0.49 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.2 | 0.46 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.21 | 0.52 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.19 | 0.55 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.19 | 0.58 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.19 | 0.54 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.19 | 0.48 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.19 | 0.47 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.21 | 0.47 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.21 | 0.45 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.17 | 0.46 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.2 | 0.42 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.28 | 0.3 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.3 | 0.27 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.3 | 0.22 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.31 | 0.2 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.29 | 0.19 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.4 | 0.21 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.41 | 0.19 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.27 | 0.2 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.2 | 0.22 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.16 | 0.2 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.2 | 0.23 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.24 | 0.37 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 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
Eritrea vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyEritrea: 68.6 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEritrea: 3.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEritrea: 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEritrea: 3.87% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateEritrea: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEritrea: 3.47 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthEritrea: 1.81% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEritrea: 3.71 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEritrea: 34.5% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageEritrea: 18.7 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEritrea: 4.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEritrea: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEritrea: 20.87% of GDP in 2003Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personEritrea: $75 in 2003Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingEritrea: 46.4% of government spending in 2003Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelEritrea: 202,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerEritrea: 0.31% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEritrea: 13.29% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEritrea: 4 million TIV in 2007Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEritrea: 0 TIV in 2006Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013