Kuwait vs Tanzania: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Kuwait

248.31 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Tanzania

252.8 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Kuwait rank

47th

Tanzania rank

44th

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

Kuwait
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 252.8 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 248.31 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Kuwait, a difference of 4.5 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 47th and Tanzania ranks 44th 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: 07 August 2026

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