Kuwait vs Maldives: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Kuwait
0.002 tonnes per person
in 2024
Maldives
0.0001 tonnes per person
in 2024
Kuwait rank
119th
Maldives rank
120th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Kuwait
- Maldives
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.002 tonnes per person against 0.0001 tonnes per person in Maldives, a difference of 0.0019 tonnes per person.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 29.0 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Maldives ahead.
Kuwait ranks 119th and Maldives ranks 120th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 6 and Maldives in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -0.1463 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.1478 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1860s | -0.1569 tonnes per person | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 0.1576 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1870s | -0.16 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.16 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1880s | -0.1581 tonnes per person | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 0.1587 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1890s | -0.1566 tonnes per person | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 0.1576 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1900s | -0.1579 tonnes per person | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 0.1584 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1910s | -0.1603 tonnes per person | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 0.1608 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1920s | -0.1456 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.1456 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1930s | -0.134 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.134 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1940s | -0.1417 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.1432 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1950s | -0.1247 tonnes per person | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 0.1255 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1960s | -0.0695 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.071 tonnes per person | Maldives |
| 1970s | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 0.0016 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.0089 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0089 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.0049 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0049 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.0076 tonnes per person | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 0.0071 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.004 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0.0039 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0022 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Kuwait or Maldives?
- Kuwait, at 0.002 tonnes per person against 0.0001 tonnes per person in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Kuwait and Maldives?
- 0.0019 tonnes per person, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Maldives?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Maldives rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Kuwait ranks 119th and Maldives ranks 120th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.