Ireland vs Qatar: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Ireland

2.37 billion tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

2.59 billion tonnes

in 2024

Ireland rank

64th

Qatar rank

62nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Qatar currently reports 2.59 billion tonnes against 2.37 billion tonnes in Ireland, a difference of 224.45 million tonnes.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 64th and Qatar ranks 62nd of 215 regions.

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.