Kuwait vs Qatar: Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita
Kuwait
26.45 tonnes per person
in 2024
Qatar
44.03 tonnes per person
in 2024
Kuwait rank
3rd
Qatar rank
1st
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 44.03 tonnes per person against 26.45 tonnes per person in Kuwait, a difference of 17.58 tonnes per person.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.7 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 1st of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.27 tonnes per person | 65.64 tonnes per person | 23.37 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1970s | 20.83 tonnes per person | 59.39 tonnes per person | 38.56 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1980s | 15.31 tonnes per person | 36.16 tonnes per person | 20.84 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1990s | 62.21 tonnes per person | 57.96 tonnes per person | 4.25 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 30.7 tonnes per person | 57.04 tonnes per person | 26.34 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 25.44 tonnes per person | 43.72 tonnes per person | 18.28 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 23.54 tonnes per person | 41.65 tonnes per person | 18.11 tonnes per person | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita, Kuwait or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 44.03 tonnes per person against 26.45 tonnes per person in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 17.58 tonnes per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita?
- Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 1st of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.