Afghanistan vs Kuwait: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Afghanistan
0.0913 tonnes per person
in 2024
Kuwait
0.1262 tonnes per person
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
88th
Kuwait rank
85th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Kuwait
00.050.10.150.2194619852024

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.1262 tonnes per person against 0.0913 tonnes per person in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0349 tonnes per person.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.4 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 88th and Kuwait ranks 85th of 179 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
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
179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.