Malta vs Qatar: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Malta
26.82 tonnes per person
in 2023
Qatar
27.6 tonnes per person
in 2023
Malta rank
3rd
Qatar rank
2nd
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- Malta
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 27.6 tonnes per person against 26.82 tonnes per person in Malta, a difference of 0.78 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Qatar ahead.
Malta ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 2nd of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.34 tonnes per person | 46.22 tonnes per person | 36.87 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2000s | 13.21 tonnes per person | 31.16 tonnes per person | 17.95 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 25.1 tonnes per person | 28.15 tonnes per person | 3.05 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 28.62 tonnes per person | 26.6 tonnes per person | 2.02 tonnes per person | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita, Malta or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 27.6 tonnes per person against 26.82 tonnes per person in Malta as of 2023.
- What is the difference in consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita between Malta and Qatar?
- 0.78 tonnes per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Qatar?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Qatar rank globally for consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- Malta ranks 3rd 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 Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP 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 consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.