Ethiopia vs Qatar: Emissions of air pollutants

Ethiopia
242,659 tonnes
in 2022
Qatar
223,569 tonnes
in 2022
Ethiopia rank
60th
Qatar rank
62nd

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Qatar
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k175018862022

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 242,659 tonnes against 223,569 tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 19,090 tonnes.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 60th and Qatar ranks 62nd of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
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Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.