Kuwait vs Lesotho: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Kuwait
0.5291 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Lesotho
0.5358 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Kuwait rank
12th
Lesotho rank
11th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.5358 kilograms per international-$ against 0.5291 kilograms per international-$ in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0067 kilograms per international-$.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 12th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 164 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.41 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4808 kilograms per international-$ | 8.93 kilograms per international-$ | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.581 kilograms per international-$ | 0.508 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0729 kilograms per international-$ | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.4434 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4644 kilograms per international-$ | 0.021 kilograms per international-$ | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.4714 kilograms per international-$ | 0.5409 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0695 kilograms per international-$ | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp, Kuwait or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.5358 kilograms per international-$ against 0.5291 kilograms per international-$ in Kuwait as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between Kuwait and Lesotho?
- 0.0067 kilograms per international-$, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Lesotho?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Kuwait and Lesotho rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Kuwait ranks 12th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).