Iraq vs Qatar: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Iraq

6,390 tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

4,255 tonnes

in 2024

Iraq rank

127th

Qatar rank

128th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Iraq currently reports 6,390 tonnes against 4,255 tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 2,135 tonnes.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.5 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Qatar ahead.

Iraq ranks 127th and Qatar ranks 128th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.