Kuwait vs Qatar: Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Kuwait

129.52 million tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

125.81 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

37th

Qatar rank

38th

Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

Kuwait currently reports 129.52 million tonnes against 125.81 million tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 3.71 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 37th and Qatar ranks 38th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.