Kuwait vs Portugal: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Kuwait

1.14 million tonnes

in 2024

Portugal

1.02 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

38th

Portugal rank

41st

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Kuwait currently reports 1.14 million tonnes against 1.02 million tonnes in Portugal, a difference of 115,640 tonnes.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 38th and Portugal ranks 41st 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.