Sudan vs Switzerland
Sudan vs Switzerland: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.43 tonnes in Sudan and 3.75 tonnes in Switzerland, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 3.31 tonnes, or 8.64 times that in Sudan.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Sudan ranked 164 and Switzerland ranked 76 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Sudan | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.43 | 3.75 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.43 | 3.79 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.43 | 3.93 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.49 | 4.32 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.46 | 4.16 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.52 | 4.48 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.53 | 4.52 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.55 | 4.71 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.58 | 4.87 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.54 | 4.86 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.48 | 4.99 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.47 | 5.51 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.47 | 5.45 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.45 | 5.34 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.48 | 5.92 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.46 | 5.76 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.46 | 6.01 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.44 | 5.91 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.42 | 6.23 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.35 | 6.32 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.3 | 6.28 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.27 | 6.25 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.27 | 6.12 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.23 | 6.39 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.22 | 6.23 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 6.38 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.19 | 6.37 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.21 | 6.18 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.18 | 6.38 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.19 | 6.33 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.2 | 6.26 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.14 | 6.45 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.2 | 6.84 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.22 | 6.92 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.25 | 6.67 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.19 | 6.56 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.22 | 6.64 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.16 | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.2 | 6.98 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.21 | 7.03 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.19 | 6.57 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.21 | 6.67 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.21 | 6.06 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.21 | 6.44 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.23 | 6.85 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.2 | 6.76 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.21 | 6.98 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.24 | 6.79 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.23 | 6.7 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.25 | 6.4 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.33 | 6.78 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.37 | 7.55 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.29 | 7.03 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.28 | 6.97 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.29 | 6.69 | 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
Sudan vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Switzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025