Kuwait vs Maldives: Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre
Kuwait
7,269 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2024
Maldives
7,739 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2024
Kuwait rank
5th
Maldives rank
4th
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre over time
- Kuwait
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 7,739 tonnes per square kilometre against 7,269 tonnes per square kilometre in Kuwait, a difference of 470 tonnes per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 5th and Maldives ranks 4th of 192 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Maldives in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,181 tonnes per square kilometre | 36.79 tonnes per square kilometre | 1,144 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 1,603 tonnes per square kilometre | 232.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 1,370 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 5,274 tonnes per square kilometre | 845.16 tonnes per square kilometre | 4,429 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 3,951 tonnes per square kilometre | 2,175 tonnes per square kilometre | 1,777 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 5,279 tonnes per square kilometre | 4,467 tonnes per square kilometre | 812.34 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 6,134 tonnes per square kilometre | 6,955 tonnes per square kilometre | 820.92 tonnes per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre, Kuwait or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 7,739 tonnes per square kilometre against 7,269 tonnes per square kilometre in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre between Kuwait and Maldives?
- 470 tonnes per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Maldives?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Maldives rank globally for annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre?
- Kuwait ranks 5th and Maldives ranks 4th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.