Kuwait vs Qatar: Per capita methane emissions
Kuwait
8.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Qatar
7.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Kuwait rank
3rd
Qatar rank
4th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 8.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 7.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Qatar, a difference of 0.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Qatar ahead.
Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 4th of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Qatar in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4622 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.772 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3098 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1860s | 0.4689 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7942 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3253 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1870s | 0.4523 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.777 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3247 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1880s | 0.4217 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3134 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1890s | 0.3923 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.694 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1900s | 0.3477 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.639 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1910s | 0.295 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5834 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2883 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1920s | 0.2627 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2821 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1930s | 0.2463 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5211 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2747 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1940s | 4.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1950s | 66.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 60.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 81.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 34.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 47.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 33.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 55.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 22.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1980s | 10.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 22.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 1990s | 14.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 25.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 2000s | 15.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 26.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 10.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3746 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 8.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7321 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Kuwait or Qatar?
- Kuwait, at 8.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 7.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 0.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Kuwait ranks 3rd and Qatar ranks 4th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.