Iraq vs Kuwait: Per capita CO₂ emissions from cement

Iraq

0.2842 tonnes per person

in 2024

Kuwait

0.2971 tonnes per person

in 2024

Iraq rank

22nd

Kuwait rank

21st

Per capita CO₂ emissions from cement over time

Kuwait currently reports 0.2971 tonnes per person against 0.2842 tonnes per person in Iraq, a difference of 0.0129 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Kuwait ahead.

Iraq ranks 22nd and Kuwait ranks 21st of 209 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions from cement
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: 209 places, 21,802 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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