Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Kuwait

6.35 million tonnes

in 2024

United Arab Emirates

11.56 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

14th

United Arab Emirates rank

11th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

United Arab Emirates currently reports 11.56 million tonnes against 6.35 million tonnes in Kuwait, a difference of 5.21 million tonnes.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.8 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 33 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 14th and United Arab Emirates ranks 11th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.