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Australia vs Kuwait: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Australia
250.79 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Kuwait
248.31 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Australia rank
45th
Kuwait rank
47th

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Kuwait
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k196519942024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 250.79 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 248.31 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Kuwait, a difference of 2.48 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Kuwait ahead.

Australia ranks 45th and Kuwait ranks 47th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
Unit
grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.