Kuwait CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
115,931,281
tons
Year-over-Year
+5.24%
increase
Global Share
0.29%
Per Capita
25.51
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Kuwait were 115,931,281 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 5.24% over the previous year, representing an increase by 5,772,161 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 110,159,119 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Kuwait are equivalent to 25.51 tons per person, an increase by 0.94 over the figure of 24.57 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 3.8% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Kuwait
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 115,931,281 | 5.24% | 25.51 | 0.29% |
| 2023 | 110,159,119 | 7.35% | 24.57 | 0.28% |
| 2022 | 102,617,765 | 2.72% | 23.21 | 0.27% |
| 2021 | 99,899,472 | 7.48% | 22.91 | 0.26% |
| 2020 | 92,947,944 | −4.01% | 21.6 | 0.26% |
| 2019 | 96,828,318 | −2.27% | 22.79 | 0.25% |
| 2018 | 99,079,694 | 1.66% | 23.61 | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 97,464,557 | −0.95% | 23.56 | 0.26% |
| 2016 | 98,400,023 | 2.94% | 24.28 | 0.27% |
| 2015 | 95,589,086 | 3.53% | 24.29 | 0.26% |
| 2014 | 92,332,528 | −1.64% | 24.41 | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 93,874,425 | 2.08% | 26.09 | 0.26% |
| 2012 | 91,963,354 | 0.1% | 27.08 | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 91,874,631 | 5.82% | 28.79 | 0.26% |
| 2010 | 86,819,621 | 1.76% | 28.96 | 0.26% |
| 2009 | 85,321,404 | 2.04% | 30.27 | 0.27% |
| 2008 | 83,612,972 | 6.89% | 31.52 | 0.26% |
| 2007 | 78,224,592 | −2.14% | 31.25 | 0.24% |
| 2006 | 79,933,264 | 3.5% | 33.62 | 0.26% |
| 2005 | 77,233,719 | 11.96% | 33.92 | 0.26% |
| 2004 | 68,981,574 | 6.26% | 31.24 | 0.24% |
| 2003 | 64,918,763 | 5.42% | 29.93 | 0.23% |
| 2002 | 61,582,014 | 4.6% | 28.73 | 0.23% |
| 2001 | 58,874,899 | 5.09% | 27.91 | 0.23% |
| 2000 | 56,021,227 | 12.29% | 27.32 | 0.22% |
| 1999 | 49,889,933 | 7.69% | 25.49 | 0.20% |
| 1998 | 46,327,612 | 10.97% | 25.23 | 0.19% |
| 1997 | 41,749,314 | 5.3% | 24.34 | 0.17% |
| 1996 | 39,647,280 | −1.65% | 24.3 | 0.16% |
| 1995 | 40,313,123 | −1.03% | 25.03 | 0.17% |
| 1994 | 40,734,021 | 18.84% | 24.48 | 0.18% |
| 1993 | 34,277,397 | 27.13% | 19.29 | 0.15% |
| 1992 | 26,963,190 | −29.96% | 14.07 | 0.12% |
| 1991 | 38,497,748 | 18.79% | 18.91 | 0.17% |
| 1990 | 32,407,864 | −51.1% | 15.44 | 0.14% |
| 1989 | 66,270,484 | 16.82% | 31.6 | 0.30% |
| 1988 | 56,730,818 | 20.17% | 27.82 | 0.26% |
| 1987 | 47,208,269 | 7.43% | 24.3 | 0.22% |
| 1986 | 43,942,450 | 7.6% | 23.93 | 0.21% |
| 1985 | 40,837,507 | 10.58% | 23.48 | 0.20% |
| 1984 | 36,929,098 | 1.86% | 22.3 | 0.19% |
| 1983 | 36,255,084 | 7.76% | 22.94 | 0.19% |
| 1982 | 33,645,562 | 6.64% | 22.26 | 0.18% |
| 1981 | 31,549,999 | −5.2% | 21.86 | 0.16% |
| 1980 | 33,281,513 | −6.26% | 24.25 | 0.17% |
| 1979 | 35,505,649 | 14.45% | 27.32 | 0.18% |
| 1978 | 31,021,651 | 14.84% | 25.27 | 0.16% |
| 1977 | 27,011,932 | −1.42% | 23.35 | 0.14% |
| 1976 | 27,401,657 | 2.34% | 25.16 | 0.15% |
| 1975 | 26,774,855 | −14.07% | 26.12 | 0.15% |
| 1974 | 31,159,952 | −18.18% | 32.3 | 0.18% |
| 1973 | 38,084,240 | −10.29% | 41.92 | 0.22% |
| 1972 | 42,453,035 | 0.6% | 49.68 | 0.26% |
| 1971 | 42,200,671 | 5.93% | 52.68 | 0.27% |
| 1970 | 39,838,556 | – | 53.35 | 0.25% |
See also
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).