Kuwait vs Qatar: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Kuwait
25.28 tonnes per person
in 2023
Qatar
27.6 tonnes per person
in 2023
Kuwait rank
4th
Qatar rank
2nd
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 27.6 tonnes per person against 25.28 tonnes per person in Kuwait, a difference of 2.32 tonnes per person.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Qatar ahead.
Kuwait ranks 4th and Qatar ranks 2nd of 120 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.02 tonnes per person | 46.22 tonnes per person | 22.19 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2000s | 25.92 tonnes per person | 31.16 tonnes per person | 5.24 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 25.29 tonnes per person | 28.15 tonnes per person | 2.86 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 23.69 tonnes per person | 26.6 tonnes per person | 2.91 tonnes per person | Qatar |
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 Qatar?
- Qatar, at 27.6 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 Qatar?
- 2.32 tonnes per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Kuwait ranks 4th and Qatar ranks 2nd 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.