Bahrain vs Kuwait: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Bahrain
24.27 tonnes per person
in 2024
Kuwait
26.25 tonnes per person
in 2024
Bahrain rank
4th
Kuwait rank
2nd

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 26.25 tonnes per person against 24.27 tonnes per person in Bahrain, a difference of 1.98 tonnes per person.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 4th and Kuwait ranks 2nd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
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
213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.