Kuwait vs Pakistan: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Kuwait
0.4%
in 2024
Pakistan
0.4%
in 2024
Kuwait rank
38th
Pakistan rank
37th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Kuwait
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 38th and Pakistan ranks 37th of 215 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 6 and Pakistan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Kuwait or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Kuwait and Pakistan?
- 0.0%, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Pakistan?
- 79 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Pakistan rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Kuwait ranks 38th and Pakistan ranks 37th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.