Chile vs Kuwait: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Chile

3.32 billion tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait

3.88 billion tonnes

in 2024

Chile rank

53rd

Kuwait rank

51st

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Kuwait currently reports 3.88 billion tonnes against 3.32 billion tonnes in Chile, a difference of 551.07 million tonnes.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 79 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 53rd and Kuwait ranks 51st of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.