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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).