Kuwait vs Qatar: CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change

Kuwait

129.53 million tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

125.83 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

40th

Qatar rank

42nd

CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change over time

Kuwait currently reports 129.53 million tonnes against 125.83 million tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 3.69 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 40th and Qatar ranks 42nd of 194 countries.

Indicator: CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change
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: 194 places, 20,936 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes.