India vs Sri Lanka
India vs Sri Lanka: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.17 tonnes in India and 1.07 tonnes in Sri Lanka, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 1.11 tonnes, or 2.04 times that in Sri Lanka.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, India ranked 110 and Sri Lanka ranked 139 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 | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.17 | 1.07 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 0.98 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.97 | 0.94 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.84 | 1.03 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.68 | 1.03 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.84 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.86 | 1.01 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 1.09 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.72 | 1.11 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.72 | 0.94 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.71 | 0.86 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.6 | 0.72 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.58 | 0.85 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.46 | 0.76 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.39 | 0.65 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.32 | 0.62 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 1.26 | 0.64 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 1.19 | 0.69 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.11 | 0.65 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.06 | 0.71 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.03 | 0.66 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.97 | 0.64 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.96 | 0.6 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.94 | 0.58 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.94 | 0.59 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.93 | 0.53 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.88 | 0.49 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.88 | 0.48 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.85 | 0.49 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.83 | 0.36 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.79 | 0.36 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.76 | 0.32 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.74 | 0.33 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.73 | 0.27 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.69 | 0.26 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.67 | 0.26 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.64 | 0.27 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.62 | 0.29 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.59 | 0.25 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.56 | 0.26 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.55 | 0.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.51 | 0.33 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.44 | 0.28 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.43 | 0.23 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.43 | 0.22 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.41 | 0.22 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.4 | 0.26 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.38 | 0.3 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.39 | 0.3 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 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 Sri Lanka
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Sri Lanka: 77.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sri Lanka: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sri Lanka: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Sri Lanka: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Sri Lanka: 19.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Sri Lanka: 23 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Sri Lanka: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Sri Lanka: 1.97 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Sri Lanka: 20.5% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Sri Lanka: 32.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Sri Lanka: 11.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sri Lanka: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Sri Lanka: 1.31% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Sri Lanka: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Sri Lanka: $60 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Sri Lanka: 4.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Sri Lanka: 317,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Sri Lanka: 0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Sri Lanka: 3.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Sri Lanka: 11 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Sri Lanka: 8 million TIV in 1998