Eritrea vs Kuwait: Annual CO₂ emissions from wildfires

Eritrea

313,196 tonnes

in 2026

Kuwait

379,388 tonnes

in 2026

Eritrea rank

103rd

Kuwait rank

101st

Annual CO₂ emissions from wildfires over time

Kuwait currently reports 379,388 tonnes against 313,196 tonnes in Eritrea, a difference of 66,192 tonnes.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.2 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Kuwait ahead.

Eritrea ranks 103rd and Kuwait ranks 101st of 248 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from wildfires
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 5,952 data points, 2003–2026
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide released by wildfires in tonnes. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.