Afghanistan
CO₂ per person in Afghanistan
CO₂ per person in Afghanistan: 0.15 tonnes in 1970 and 0.28 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 0.28 tonnes
- Since 1970
- +0.13 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 175 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 0.39 tonnes in 2011, the lowest 0.04 tonnes in 2004.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.28 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.28 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.28 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.31 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.31 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.32 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.32 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.29 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.22 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.25 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.24 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.27 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.32 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.39 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.28 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.22 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.15 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.08 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.06 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.05 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.04 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.04 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.04 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.05 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.05 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.07 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.07 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.07 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.08 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.09 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.1 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.12 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.14 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.23 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.24 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.24 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.27 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.29 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.34 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.36 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.27 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.21 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.19 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.15 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.15 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.14 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.17 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.14 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.16 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.18 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.14 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.14 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.15 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.15 | 4.15 |
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
Afghanistan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.83% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$8.55M in 1977
- Military spending per person$7 in 2021
- Military share of state spending5% of government spending in 2020
- Armed forces personnel165,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.82% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports65 million TIV in 2021
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1992