Saudi Arabia vs Tanzania
Saudi Arabia vs Tanzania: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 18.48 tonnes in Saudi Arabia and 0.31 tonnes in Tanzania, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 18.17 tonnes, or 59 times that in Tanzania.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Saudi Arabia ranked 8 and Tanzania ranked 171 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Saudi Arabia | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.48 | 0.31 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 18.85 | 0.32 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 19.28 | 0.32 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 19.18 | 0.3 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 18.29 | 0.27 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 19.29 | 0.29 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 19.21 | 0.26 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 19.48 | 0.26 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 19.69 | 0.26 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 20.51 | 0.25 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 20.7 | 0.22 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 19.81 | 0.24 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 20.61 | 0.22 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 20.29 | 0.19 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 20.3 | 0.16 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 18.33 | 0.14 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 18.06 | 0.15 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 17.34 | 0.15 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 17.09 | 0.16 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 16.85 | 0.16 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 16.63 | 0.14 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 16.41 | 0.11 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 16.4 | 0.1 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 16.18 | 0.09 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 16.4 | 0.09 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 16.44 | 0.08 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 16.72 | 0.09 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 16.22 | 0.1 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 16.67 | 0.11 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 16.34 | 0.1 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 17.16 | 0.07 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 16.46 | 0.08 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 16.34 | 0.07 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 15.92 | 0.08 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 16.34 | 0.08 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 15.85 | 0.08 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 16.55 | 0.08 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 16.13 | 0.08 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 15.74 | 0.08 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 16.64 | 0.08 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 17.76 | 0.08 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 25.1 | 0.08 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 26.83 | 0.08 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 27.91 | 0.09 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 31.87 | 0.09 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 27.49 | 0.1 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 24.62 | 0.09 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 24.5 | 0.09 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 24.08 | 0.09 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 20.64 | 0.1 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 26.28 | 0.11 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 26.38 | 0.13 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 20.72 | 0.13 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 16.95 | 0.11 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 14.6 | 0.12 | 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
Saudi Arabia vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSaudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025