Kuwait vs Norway: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring
Kuwait
0.2309 tonnes per person
in 2024
Norway
0.2678 tonnes per person
in 2024
Kuwait rank
18th
Norway rank
17th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring over time
- Kuwait
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2678 tonnes per person against 0.2309 tonnes per person in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0369 tonnes per person.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.
Kuwait ranks 18th and Norway ranks 17th of 213 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1960s | 17.79 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 17.79 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 11.94 tonnes per person | 0.2016 tonnes per person | 11.74 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 1.01 tonnes per person | 0.3011 tonnes per person | 0.7092 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 3.03 tonnes per person | 0.4247 tonnes per person | 2.6 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 1.2 tonnes per person | 0.4389 tonnes per person | 0.7618 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.5402 tonnes per person | 0.2618 tonnes per person | 0.2784 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.2665 tonnes per person | 0.1948 tonnes per person | 0.0717 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita co₂ emissions from flaring, Kuwait or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.2678 tonnes per person against 0.2309 tonnes per person in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita co₂ emissions from flaring between Kuwait and Norway?
- 0.0369 tonnes per person, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Norway?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Norway rank globally for per capita co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Kuwait ranks 18th and Norway ranks 17th of 213 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.