Kazakhstan vs Kuwait: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas
Kazakhstan
0.5%
in 2024
Kuwait
0.4%
in 2024
Kazakhstan rank
37th
Kuwait rank
38th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas over time
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Kazakhstan ahead.
Kazakhstan ranks 37th and Kuwait ranks 38th of 146 countries.
Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kazakhstan | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from burning gas, Kazakhstan or Kuwait?
- Kazakhstan, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from burning gas between Kazakhstan and Kuwait?
- 0.1%, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Kuwait?
- 78 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2024.
- How do Kazakhstan and Kuwait rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from burning gas?
- Kazakhstan ranks 37th and Kuwait ranks 38th of 146 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas. 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 gas since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from gas.