CO₂ emissions per capita: Kuwait
26.24753 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 79 years from 1946 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 26.24753 |
| 2023 | 25.454494 |
| 2022 | 25.242083 |
| 2021 | 20.149948 |
| 2020 | 20.477186 |
| 2019 | 23.559092 |
| 2018 | 23.697384 |
| 2017 | 24.071701 |
| 2016 | 25.978886 |
| 2015 | 24.336504 |
| 2014 | 20.457846 |
| 2013 | 23.675167 |
| 2012 | 30.326586 |
| 2011 | 27.81871 |
| 2010 | 30.482365 |
| 2009 | 31.776943 |
| 2008 | 31.847826 |
| 2007 | 30.820711 |
| 2006 | 32.232666 |
| 2005 | 33.35809 |
| 2004 | 30.526264 |
| 2003 | 29.618095 |
| 2002 | 29.181572 |
| 2001 | 29.44005 |
| 2000 | 28.12683 |
| 1999 | 28.99168 |
| 1998 | 28.688478 |
| 1997 | 31.753155 |
| 1996 | 29.919403 |
| 1995 | 33.45957 |
| 1994 | 34.40616 |
| 1993 | 29.400784 |
| 1992 | 18.155218 |
| 1991 | 364.79083 |
| 1990 | 22.473087 |
| 1989 | 16.161003 |
| 1988 | 15.399483 |
| 1987 | 15.308615 |
| 1986 | 17.884161 |
| 1985 | 15.372752 |
| 1984 | 15.559865 |
| 1983 | 12.371018 |
| 1982 | 12.713233 |
| 1981 | 15.90125 |
| 1980 | 16.376717 |
| 1979 | 12.3953 |
| 1978 | 15.652502 |
| 1977 | 13.675499 |
| 1976 | 15.659041 |
| 1975 | 15.217131 |
| 1974 | 18.59869 |
| 1973 | 24.776077 |
| 1972 | 30.001265 |
| 1971 | 31.346575 |
| 1970 | 30.92436 |
| 1969 | 35.77174 |
| 1968 | 33.660603 |
| 1967 | 40.47233 |
| 1966 | 61.340008 |
| 1965 | 67.90471 |
| 1964 | 53.505386 |
| 1963 | 39.775246 |
| 1962 | 37.08681 |
| 1961 | 28.828794 |
| 1960 | 25.065395 |
| 1959 | 13.592605 |
| 1958 | 14.7458515 |
| 1957 | 9.6823635 |
| 1956 | 5.0215516 |
| 1955 | 9.921591 |
| 1954 | 8.099645 |
| 1953 | 0 |
| 1952 | 0 |
| 1951 | 0.7399124 |
| 1950 | 2.4986198 |
| 1949 | 7.153504 |
| 1948 | 2.3183334 |
| 1947 | 46.811127 |
| 1946 | 17.171436 |