Iran
CO₂ per person in Iran
CO₂ per person in Iran: 2.76 tonnes in 1970 and 9.05 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 9.05 tonnes
- Since 1970
- +6.29 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 22 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 9.05 tonnes in 2024, the lowest 2.74 tonnes in 1981.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.05 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 9.01 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 8.85 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 8.87 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 8.39 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.19 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 7.68 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 7.84 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 7.66 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 7.62 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 7.81 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 7.62 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 7.47 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 7.48 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 7.45 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 7.5 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 7.35 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 7.22 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 6.9 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 6.53 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 6.19 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 5.9 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 5.65 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 5.46 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 5.33 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 5.13 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 4.76 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 4.83 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 4.68 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 4.56 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 4.51 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 3.96 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 4 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 3.84 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 3.57 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 3.15 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.02 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.09 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.03 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.37 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 3.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 3.47 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 3.19 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.74 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 2.92 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 3.55 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.94 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 4.18 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 4.11 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 3.67 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 3.71 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 3.6 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 3.11 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 2.87 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.76 | 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.
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- Military spending2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per person$80 in 2025
- Military share of state spending11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel650,000 people in 2020
- National power1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports80 million TIV in 2025