Kuwait vs Qatar: Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre
Kuwait
7,269 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2024
Qatar
10,952 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2024
Kuwait rank
5th
Qatar rank
3rd
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 10,952 tonnes per square kilometre against 7,269 tonnes per square kilometre in Kuwait, a difference of 3,683 tonnes per square kilometre.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.5 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 5th and Qatar ranks 3rd of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Qatar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,323 tonnes per square kilometre | 441.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 881.81 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 1,203 tonnes per square kilometre | 918.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 284.95 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 1,603 tonnes per square kilometre | 1,082 tonnes per square kilometre | 520.71 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 5,274 tonnes per square kilometre | 2,603 tonnes per square kilometre | 2,671 tonnes per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 3,951 tonnes per square kilometre | 4,478 tonnes per square kilometre | 526.64 tonnes per square kilometre | Qatar |
| 2010s | 5,279 tonnes per square kilometre | 8,038 tonnes per square kilometre | 2,759 tonnes per square kilometre | Qatar |
| 2020s | 6,134 tonnes per square kilometre | 9,761 tonnes per square kilometre | 3,627 tonnes per square kilometre | Qatar |
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 Qatar?
- Qatar, at 10,952 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 Qatar?
- 3,683 tonnes per square kilometre, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per square kilometre?
- Kuwait ranks 5th and Qatar ranks 3rd 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.