Qatar vs United Kingdom: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Qatar
6.27 million tonnes
in 2024
United Kingdom
5.08 million tonnes
in 2024
Qatar rank
15th
United Kingdom rank
17th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Qatar
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 6.27 million tonnes against 5.08 million tonnes in United Kingdom, a difference of 1.19 million tonnes.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 32 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Qatar ahead.

Qatar ranks 15th and United Kingdom ranks 17th of 215 countries.

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About this data

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