Guyana vs Venezuela
Guyana vs Venezuela: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 4.56 tonnes in Guyana and 3.39 tonnes in Venezuela, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guyana, by 1.17 tonnes, or 1.34 times that in Venezuela.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Venezuela.
- In 2024, Guyana ranked 58 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 | Guyana | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.56 | 3.39 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.53 | 3.41 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.48 | 3.26 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.07 | 2.69 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.12 | 2.7 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 3.46 | 4.16 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 3.26 | 4.62 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 3.21 | 4.97 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 3.22 | 5.3 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 2.73 | 5.75 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.74 | 6.34 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 2.64 | 6.45 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 2.68 | 6.56 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.46 | 5.93 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.35 | 6.14 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.17 | 5.81 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 2.13 | 5.85 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.12 | 5.64 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.76 | 5.84 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.95 | 5.82 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2.2 | 5.68 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 2.12 | 5.52 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 2.13 | 5.82 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 2.15 | 5.74 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.17 | 5.62 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 2.27 | 5.48 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2.29 | 5.74 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 2.26 | 5.79 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.08 | 5.89 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.02 | 5.4 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.87 | 5.64 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.45 | 5.18 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.44 | 5.11 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.53 | 5.19 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.57 | 5.17 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.64 | 5.15 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.84 | 4.96 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.76 | 5.28 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.78 | 5.17 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.87 | 5.27 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.81 | 5.54 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.67 | 5.48 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.86 | 5.77 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.28 | 5.81 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 2.29 | 5.94 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 2.18 | 5.57 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 2.3 | 5.06 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 2.46 | 4.84 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 2.48 | 4.85 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 2.47 | 4.74 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.11 | 5.16 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 2.42 | 5.39 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 2.11 | 4.92 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 2.11 | 4.94 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.14 | 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
Guyana vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyGuyana: 70.2 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuyana: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuyana: 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuyana: 4.14% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuyana: 26.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuyana: 826,400 people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuyana: 0.55% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuyana: 2.41 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuyana: 26.5% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuyana: 25.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuyana: 6.5% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuyana: -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuyana: 0.99% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personGuyana: $297 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelGuyana: 3,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuyana: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuyana: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuyana: 5 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsGuyana: 2 million TIV in 1976Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009