Kuwait vs Malta: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Kuwait
25.28 tonnes per person
in 2023
Malta
26.82 tonnes per person
in 2023
Kuwait rank
4th
Malta rank
3rd
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time
- Kuwait
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 26.82 tonnes per person against 25.28 tonnes per person in Kuwait, a difference of 1.54 tonnes per person.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 4th and Malta ranks 3rd of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 3 and Malta in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.02 tonnes per person | 9.34 tonnes per person | 14.68 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 25.92 tonnes per person | 13.21 tonnes per person | 12.7 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 25.29 tonnes per person | 25.1 tonnes per person | 0.1977 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 23.69 tonnes per person | 28.62 tonnes per person | 4.93 tonnes per person | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?, Kuwait or Malta?
- Malta, at 26.82 tonnes per person against 25.28 tonnes per person in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? between Kuwait and Malta?
- 1.54 tonnes per person, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Malta?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Malta rank globally for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Kuwait ranks 4th and Malta ranks 3rd of 120 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 Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.