Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Kuwait

7.50 million tonnes

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

6.75 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

115th

Saudi Arabia rank

117th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Kuwait currently reports 7.50 million tonnes against 6.75 million tonnes in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 757,110 tonnes.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Kuwait ranks 115th and Saudi Arabia ranks 117th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.