Kuwait vs Qatar: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Kuwait
9,929 tonnes
in 2024
Qatar
22,570 tonnes
in 2024
Kuwait rank
118th
Qatar rank
116th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 22,570 tonnes against 9,929 tonnes in Kuwait, a difference of 12,641 tonnes.
That makes Qatar's figure about 2.3 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Qatar ahead.
Kuwait ranks 118th and Qatar ranks 116th of 197 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -11,912 tonnes | -73.28 tonnes | 11,838 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1860s | -12,817 tonnes | -197.86 tonnes | 12,619 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1870s | -13,469 tonnes | -304.11 tonnes | 13,165 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1880s | -14,169 tonnes | -351.74 tonnes | 13,817 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1890s | -14,945 tonnes | -366.4 tonnes | 14,579 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1900s | -16,048 tonnes | -399.38 tonnes | 15,649 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1910s | -17,547 tonnes | 1,674 tonnes | 19,221 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1920s | -17,342 tonnes | 3,906 tonnes | 21,248 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1930s | -17,386 tonnes | 6,412 tonnes | 23,798 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1940s | -20,049 tonnes | 8,647 tonnes | 28,696 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1950s | -25,384 tonnes | -289.46 tonnes | 25,095 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1960s | -28,795 tonnes | -12,692 tonnes | 16,103 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1970s | 2,484 tonnes | 8,215 tonnes | 5,730 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1980s | 16,675 tonnes | 36,992 tonnes | 20,317 tonnes | Qatar |
| 1990s | 7,566 tonnes | 34,097 tonnes | 26,531 tonnes | Qatar |
| 2000s | 16,931 tonnes | 19,031 tonnes | 2,099 tonnes | Qatar |
| 2010s | 14,348 tonnes | 36,534 tonnes | 22,186 tonnes | Qatar |
| 2020s | 10,354 tonnes | 18,239 tonnes | 7,885 tonnes | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change, Kuwait or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 22,570 tonnes against 9,929 tonnes in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 12,641 tonnes, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Kuwait ranks 118th and Qatar ranks 116th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change. 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.