Kuwait vs Qatar: Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions

Kuwait

5.2%

in 2024

Qatar

5.2%

in 2024

Kuwait rank

18th

Qatar rank

17th

Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions over time

Qatar currently reports 5.2% against 5.2% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 36 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Qatar ahead.

Kuwait ranks 18th and Qatar ranks 17th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: %
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, 22,456 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual percentage growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change.