Kuwait vs Venezuela: Share of global greenhouse gas emissions
Kuwait
0.3%
in 2024
Venezuela
0.4%
in 2024
Kuwait rank
44th
Venezuela rank
41st
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions over time
- Kuwait
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Venezuela ahead.
Kuwait ranks 44th and Venezuela ranks 41st of 199 countries.
Venezuela has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | Venezuela |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Venezuela |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Venezuela |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Venezuela |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Venezuela |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Venezuela |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Venezuela |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Venezuela |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | Venezuela |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | Venezuela |
| 1950s | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% | Venezuela |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Venezuela |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Venezuela |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Venezuela |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Venezuela |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Venezuela |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Venezuela |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Venezuela |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global greenhouse gas emissions, Kuwait or Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 0.4% against 0.3% in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global greenhouse gas emissions between Kuwait and Venezuela?
- 0.1%, with Venezuela ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Venezuela?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Venezuela rank globally for share of global greenhouse gas emissions?
- Kuwait ranks 44th and Venezuela ranks 41st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.