Ireland vs Sudan
Ireland vs Sudan: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 6.04 tonnes in Ireland and 0.43 tonnes in Sudan, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ireland, by 5.6 tonnes, or 14 times that in Sudan.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Ireland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Ireland ranked 40 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 | Ireland | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.04 | 0.43 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 6.19 | 0.43 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 6.85 | 0.43 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 7.12 | 0.49 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 6.81 | 0.46 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 7.31 | 0.52 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 7.76 | 0.53 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 7.93 | 0.55 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 8.3 | 0.58 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 8.01 | 0.54 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 7.76 | 0.48 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 7.86 | 0.47 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 8.18 | 0.47 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 8.11 | 0.45 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 8.97 | 0.48 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 9.08 | 0.46 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 10.31 | 0.46 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 10.67 | 0.44 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 11.16 | 0.42 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 11.32 | 0.35 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 11.05 | 0.3 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 11.13 | 0.27 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 11.44 | 0.27 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 11.91 | 0.23 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 11.52 | 0.22 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 10.98 | 0.2 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 10.72 | 0.19 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 10.17 | 0.21 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 9.93 | 0.18 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 9.64 | 0.19 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 9.53 | 0.2 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 9.23 | 0.14 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 9.21 | 0.2 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 9.3 | 0.22 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 9.2 | 0.25 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 8.91 | 0.19 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 8.58 | 0.22 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 8.79 | 0.16 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 8.35 | 0.2 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 8.08 | 0.21 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 7.64 | 0.19 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 7.68 | 0.21 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 7.85 | 0.21 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 8.01 | 0.21 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 8.17 | 0.23 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 7.41 | 0.21 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 7.58 | 0.24 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 7.19 | 0.23 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 7.12 | 0.25 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 7.7 | 0.33 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 7.24 | 0.37 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 7.5 | 0.29 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 7.74 | 0.28 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 6.99 | 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
Ireland vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013