Canada
CO₂ per person in Canada
CO₂ per person in Canada: 16.8 tonnes in 1970 and 14.01 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 14.01 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −2.79 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 12 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 18.4 tonnes in 1979, the lowest 14.01 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.01 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 14.16 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 14.78 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 14.69 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 14.42 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 16.19 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 16.52 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 16.2 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 15.9 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 16.09 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 16.38 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 16.4 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 16.34 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 16.77 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 16.53 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 16.14 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 17.31 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 18.08 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 17.64 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 18.06 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 17.53 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 18.13 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 17.67 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 17.23 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 17.7 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 17.22 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 17.04 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 16.91 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 16.54 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 16.24 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 16 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 15.57 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 15.77 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 15.5 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 15.91 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 17.43 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 17.18 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 16.23 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 15.96 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 16.51 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 16.67 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 16.06 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 16.48 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 17.4 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 18.37 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 18.4 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 17.99 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 18.04 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 17.63 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 17.29 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 17.98 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 17.87 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 17.24 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 16.66 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 16.8 | 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
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- Military spending1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$939 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel72,000 people in 2020
- National power0.81% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports312 million TIV in 2025