India vs Iran
India vs Iran: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.17 tonnes in India and 9.05 tonnes in Iran, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 6.88 tonnes, or 4.16 times that in India.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, India ranked 110 and Iran ranked 22 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | India | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.17 | 9.05 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 9.01 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.97 | 8.85 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.84 | 8.87 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.68 | 8.39 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.84 | 8.19 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.86 | 7.68 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 7.84 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.72 | 7.66 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.72 | 7.62 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.71 | 7.81 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.6 | 7.62 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.58 | 7.47 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.46 | 7.48 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.39 | 7.45 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.32 | 7.5 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 1.26 | 7.35 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 1.19 | 7.22 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.11 | 6.9 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.06 | 6.53 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.03 | 6.19 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.97 | 5.9 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.96 | 5.65 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.94 | 5.46 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.94 | 5.33 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.93 | 5.13 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.88 | 4.76 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.88 | 4.83 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.85 | 4.68 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.83 | 4.56 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.79 | 4.51 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.76 | 3.96 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.74 | 4 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.73 | 3.84 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.69 | 3.57 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.67 | 3.15 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.64 | 3.02 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.62 | 3.09 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.59 | 3.03 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.56 | 3.37 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.55 | 3.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.51 | 3.47 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.49 | 3.19 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.47 | 2.74 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.44 | 2.92 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.43 | 3.55 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.41 | 3.94 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.43 | 4.18 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.43 | 4.11 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.41 | 3.67 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.4 | 3.71 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.38 | 3.6 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.39 | 3.11 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.38 | 2.87 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.39 | 2.76 | 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
India vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025