Egypt vs Kuwait: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Egypt

0.104 tonnes per person

in 2024

Kuwait

0.1262 tonnes per person

in 2024

Egypt rank

87th

Kuwait rank

85th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Kuwait currently reports 0.1262 tonnes per person against 0.104 tonnes per person in Egypt, a difference of 0.0222 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Kuwait ahead.

Egypt ranks 87th and Kuwait ranks 85th of 179 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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