Somalia vs Sudan
Somalia vs Sudan: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.05 tonnes in Somalia and 0.43 tonnes in Sudan, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.39 tonnes, or 9.53 times that in Somalia.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Somalia ranked 193 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 | Somalia | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.05 | 0.49 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.05 | 0.52 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.06 | 0.53 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.06 | 0.55 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.06 | 0.58 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.06 | 0.54 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.06 | 0.47 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.06 | 0.47 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.06 | 0.45 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.07 | 0.46 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.07 | 0.44 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.07 | 0.42 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.07 | 0.3 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.06 | 0.2 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.15 | 0.37 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.15 | 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
Somalia vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancySomalia: 58.8 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySomalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySomalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSomalia: 3.79% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateSomalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSomalia: 18.4 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthSomalia: 3.57% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSomalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSomalia: 55.1% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageSomalia: 15.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSomalia: 2.6% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSomalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSomalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsSomalia: $193M in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personSomalia: $10 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingSomalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelSomalia: 14,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerSomalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSomalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSomalia: 2 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025