Australia vs Kuwait: Share of CO₂ emissions embedded in trade

Australia

-3.2%

in 2023

Kuwait

-0.7%

in 2023

Australia rank

98th

Kuwait rank

95th

Share of CO₂ emissions embedded in trade over time

Kuwait currently reports -0.7% against -3.2% in Australia, a difference of 2.5%.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kuwait ahead.

Australia ranks 98th and Kuwait ranks 95th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Share of CO₂ emissions embedded in trade
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,063 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual net carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions embedded in trade, measured as a percentage of emissions of CO₂.