Kuwait vs Upper middle income: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
Kuwait
0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
7th
Upper middle income rank
9th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) over time
- Kuwait
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0058 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 14.3 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 54 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 7th and Upper middle income 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 | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0019 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0018 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.0024 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0023 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.0022 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0038 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.0053 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0049 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.0057 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0053 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 Upper middle income?
- Kuwait, at 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) between Kuwait and Upper middle income?
- 0.0058 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Upper middle income?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Upper middle income rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e)?
- Kuwait ranks 7th and Upper middle income 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
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.