Italy vs Portugal
Italy vs Portugal: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 5.08 tonnes in Italy and 3.33 tonnes in Portugal, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.75 tonnes, or 1.53 times that in Portugal.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Italy ranked 51 and Portugal ranked 89 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Italy | Portugal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.08 | 3.33 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 5.16 | 3.54 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 5.61 | 3.8 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 5.59 | 3.76 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.97 | 3.95 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 5.57 | 4.51 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 5.69 | 4.97 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 5.76 | 5.35 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 5.81 | 4.89 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 5.87 | 4.99 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 5.69 | 4.58 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4.6 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 6.55 | 4.73 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 6.91 | 4.87 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 7.08 | 5.04 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 6.95 | 5.54 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 7.85 | 5.61 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 8.18 | 5.82 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 8.35 | 5.98 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 8.48 | 6.46 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 8.51 | 6.16 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 8.38 | 6.01 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 8.07 | 6.5 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 7.96 | 6.13 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 7.98 | 6.24 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 7.9 | 6.34 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 7.78 | 5.71 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 7.62 | 5.3 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 7.56 | 5.08 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 7.65 | 5.27 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 7.23 | 4.94 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 7.33 | 4.81 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 7.45 | 4.92 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 7.49 | 4.55 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 7.51 | 4.39 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 7.46 | 4.24 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 7.15 | 3.39 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 7.07 | 3.28 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 6.72 | 3.27 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 6.69 | 2.86 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 6.7 | 3.01 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 6.68 | 3.21 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 6.83 | 3.04 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 7.05 | 2.89 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 7.01 | 2.85 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 6.75 | 2.59 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 6.64 | 2.53 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 6.87 | 2.58 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 6.42 | 2.51 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 6.75 | 2.43 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 6.75 | 2.46 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 6.39 | 2.21 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 6.09 | 2.16 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 5.85 | 2.02 | 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
Italy vs Portugal
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Portugal: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Portugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Portugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Portugal: 95.2% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Portugal: 4.42% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Portugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Portugal: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Portugal: -0% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Portugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Portugal: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Portugal: 46.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Portugal: 24.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Portugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Portugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Portugal: $5.51B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Portugal: $563 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Portugal: 4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Portugal: 52,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Portugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Portugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Portugal: 90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Portugal: 1 million TIV in 2025