Switzerland vs Thailand
Switzerland vs Thailand: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 3.75 tonnes in Switzerland and 3.96 tonnes in Thailand, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.21 tonnes, or 1.06 times that in Switzerland.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2024, Switzerland ranked 76 and Thailand ranked 72 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 | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.75 | 3.96 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 3.79 | 3.84 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 3.93 | 3.96 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.32 | 3.74 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.16 | 3.85 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.48 | 4.01 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.52 | 3.88 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 4.71 | 3.95 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 4.87 | 3.92 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 4.86 | 3.99 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 4.99 | 3.88 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 5.51 | 3.95 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 5.45 | 3.81 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 5.34 | 3.58 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 5.92 | 3.59 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 5.76 | 3.41 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 6.01 | 3.53 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 5.91 | 3.55 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 6.23 | 3.5 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 6.32 | 3.47 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 6.28 | 3.38 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 6.25 | 3.13 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 6.12 | 3.04 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 6.39 | 2.88 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 6.23 | 2.78 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 6.38 | 2.8 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 6.37 | 2.72 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 6.18 | 3.09 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 6.38 | 3.07 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 6.33 | 2.77 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 6.26 | 2.48 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 6.45 | 2.26 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 6.84 | 2.02 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 6.92 | 1.87 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 6.67 | 1.74 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 6.56 | 1.44 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 6.64 | 1.25 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 6.7 | 1.12 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 6.98 | 0.98 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 7.03 | 0.97 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 6.57 | 0.91 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 6.67 | 0.86 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 6.06 | 0.79 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 6.44 | 0.83 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 6.85 | 0.86 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 6.76 | 0.84 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 6.98 | 0.81 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 6.79 | 0.75 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 6.4 | 0.63 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 6.78 | 0.63 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 7.55 | 0.65 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 7.03 | 0.6 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 6.97 | 0.55 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 6.69 | 0.56 | 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 Thailand
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSwitzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024