Switzerland vs Tanzania
Switzerland vs Tanzania: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 3.75 tonnes in Switzerland and 0.31 tonnes in Tanzania, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 3.43 tonnes, or 12 times that in Tanzania.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Switzerland ranked 76 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 | Switzerland | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.75 | 0.31 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 3.79 | 0.32 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 3.93 | 0.32 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.32 | 0.3 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.16 | 0.27 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.48 | 0.29 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.52 | 0.26 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 4.71 | 0.26 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 4.87 | 0.26 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 4.86 | 0.25 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 4.99 | 0.22 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 5.51 | 0.24 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 5.45 | 0.22 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 5.34 | 0.19 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 5.92 | 0.16 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 5.76 | 0.14 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 6.01 | 0.15 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 5.91 | 0.15 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 6.23 | 0.16 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 6.32 | 0.16 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 6.28 | 0.14 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 6.25 | 0.11 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 6.12 | 0.1 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 6.39 | 0.09 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 6.23 | 0.09 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 6.38 | 0.08 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 6.37 | 0.09 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 6.18 | 0.1 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 6.38 | 0.11 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 6.33 | 0.1 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 6.26 | 0.07 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 6.45 | 0.08 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 6.84 | 0.07 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 6.92 | 0.08 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 6.67 | 0.08 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 6.56 | 0.08 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 6.64 | 0.08 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 6.7 | 0.08 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 6.98 | 0.08 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 7.03 | 0.08 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 6.57 | 0.08 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 6.67 | 0.08 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 6.06 | 0.08 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 6.44 | 0.09 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 6.85 | 0.09 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 6.76 | 0.1 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 6.98 | 0.09 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 6.79 | 0.09 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 6.7 | 0.09 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 6.4 | 0.1 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 6.78 | 0.11 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 7.55 | 0.13 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 7.03 | 0.13 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 6.97 | 0.11 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 6.69 | 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
Switzerland vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSwitzerland: 96.7% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025