Kuwait vs Qatar: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change
Kuwait
26.25 tonnes per person
in 2024
Qatar
41.28 tonnes per person
in 2024
Kuwait rank
3rd
Qatar rank
1st
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 41.28 tonnes per person against 26.25 tonnes per person in Kuwait, a difference of 15.03 tonnes per person.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.6 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Qatar ahead.
Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7.01 tonnes per person | 11.41 tonnes per person | 4.4 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1950s | 6.31 tonnes per person | 12.6 tonnes per person | 6.3 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1960s | 42.27 tonnes per person | 65.63 tonnes per person | 23.35 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1970s | 20.83 tonnes per person | 59.38 tonnes per person | 38.56 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1980s | 15.31 tonnes per person | 36.15 tonnes per person | 20.84 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1990s | 62.21 tonnes per person | 57.96 tonnes per person | 4.25 tonnes per person | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 30.7 tonnes per person | 57.1 tonnes per person | 26.4 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 25.44 tonnes per person | 40.99 tonnes per person | 15.55 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 23.52 tonnes per person | 38.51 tonnes per person | 14.99 tonnes per person | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change, Kuwait or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 41.28 tonnes per person against 26.25 tonnes per person in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 15.03 tonnes per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 1st of 194 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 including land-use change. 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), including land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.