Kuwait vs Norway: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
Kuwait
0.3%
in 2024
Norway
0.4%
in 2024
Kuwait rank
38th
Norway rank
37th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time
- Kuwait
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.
Kuwait ranks 38th and Norway ranks 37th of 215 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1960s | 6.8% | 0.0% | 6.8% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 3.4% | 0.2% | 3.1% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from flaring, Kuwait or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.4% against 0.3% in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from flaring between Kuwait and Norway?
- 0.1%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Norway?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Norway rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Kuwait ranks 38th and Norway 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 global CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.