Kuwait vs Qatar: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
Kuwait
0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Qatar
0.0112 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
7th
Qatar rank
6th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.0112 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Kuwait, a difference of 0.005 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.8 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 7th and Qatar ranks 6th of 203 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Qatar in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0019 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0017 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.0024 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0013 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0011 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.0022 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0039 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.0053 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.009 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0037 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Qatar |
| 2020s | 0.0057 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0105 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0048 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Qatar |
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 Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.0112 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 0.005 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e)?
- Kuwait ranks 7th and Qatar ranks 6th 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
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.