Kuwait vs Malta: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Kuwait

25.28 tonnes per person

in 2023

Malta

26.82 tonnes per person

in 2023

Kuwait rank

4th

Malta rank

3rd

Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

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.

Indicator: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.