Kuwait vs United Kingdom: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Kuwait

354.19 million tonnes

in 2024

United Kingdom

300.43 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

16th

United Kingdom rank

18th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Kuwait currently reports 354.19 million tonnes against 300.43 million tonnes in United Kingdom, a difference of 53.76 million tonnes.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Kuwait ranks 16th and United Kingdom ranks 18th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
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, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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