Kuwait vs Maldives: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)

Kuwait
0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
0.006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
7th
Maldives rank
9th

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) over time

  • Kuwait
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Maldives, a difference of 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 9th of 203 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Maldives Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0019 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0019 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Kuwait
1980s 0.0024 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0022 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Kuwait
1990s 0.0022 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0008 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0014 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Kuwait
2000s 0.004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0015 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Kuwait
2010s 0.0053 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0051 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Kuwait
2020s 0.0057 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0054 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e), Kuwait or Maldives?
Kuwait, at 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Maldives as of 2023.
What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) between Kuwait and Maldives?
0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Maldives?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Maldives rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e)?
Kuwait ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 9th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre
Unit
Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 12,804 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.