Kuwait vs Norway: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Kuwait

1.14 million tonnes

in 2024

Norway

1.49 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

38th

Norway rank

37th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Norway currently reports 1.49 million tonnes against 1.14 million tonnes in Kuwait, a difference of 353,980 tonnes.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.

Kuwait ranks 38th and Norway ranks 37th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
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: 215 places, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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