India vs Saudi Arabia
India vs Saudi Arabia: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.17 tonnes in India and 18.48 tonnes in Saudi Arabia, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 16.31 tonnes, or 8.5 times that in India.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, India ranked 110 and Saudi Arabia ranked 8 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 | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.17 | 18.48 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 18.85 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.97 | 19.28 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.84 | 19.18 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.68 | 18.29 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.84 | 19.29 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.86 | 19.21 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 19.48 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.72 | 19.69 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.72 | 20.51 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.71 | 20.7 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.6 | 19.81 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.58 | 20.61 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.46 | 20.29 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.39 | 20.3 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.32 | 18.33 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 1.26 | 18.06 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 1.19 | 17.34 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.11 | 17.09 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.06 | 16.85 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.03 | 16.63 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.97 | 16.41 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.96 | 16.4 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.94 | 16.18 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.94 | 16.4 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.93 | 16.44 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.88 | 16.72 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.88 | 16.22 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.85 | 16.67 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.83 | 16.34 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.79 | 17.16 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.76 | 16.46 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.74 | 16.34 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.73 | 15.92 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.69 | 16.34 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.67 | 15.85 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.64 | 16.55 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.62 | 16.13 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.59 | 15.74 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.56 | 16.64 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.55 | 17.76 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.51 | 25.1 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.49 | 26.83 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.47 | 27.91 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.44 | 31.87 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.43 | 27.49 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.41 | 24.62 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.43 | 24.5 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.43 | 24.08 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.41 | 20.64 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.4 | 26.28 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.38 | 26.38 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.39 | 20.72 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.38 | 16.95 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.39 | 14.6 | 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 Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023