Iraq vs Kuwait
Iraq vs Kuwait: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 5.18 tonnes in Iraq and 23.67 tonnes in Kuwait, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 18.49 tonnes, or 4.57 times that in Iraq.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Kuwait has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Iraq ranked 49 and Kuwait ranked 4 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Iraq | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.18 | 23.67 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 5.17 | 22.7 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 5.04 | 22.36 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.64 | 22.91 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.37 | 21.12 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 21.8 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.49 | 22.92 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 4.25 | 23.46 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 4.03 | 24.57 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 3.67 | 24.93 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 3.78 | 25.19 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 4.09 | 26.76 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 3.95 | 27.56 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 3.6 | 29.33 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 3.59 | 29.5 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 3.22 | 30.52 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 3.13 | 31.54 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.76 | 31.19 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2.97 | 33.8 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 3.07 | 34.53 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 3.28 | 31.98 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3.09 | 30.77 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 3.66 | 29.89 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 4 | 29.32 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 3.64 | 28.66 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 3.14 | 26.26 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 4.12 | 25.12 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 5.46 | 23.35 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 4.68 | 22.91 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 5.24 | 23.97 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 5.46 | 24.47 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 5.22 | 20.5 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 4.14 | 16.49 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 3.07 | 28.49 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 3.95 | 19.24 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 4.23 | 29.89 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.89 | 26.58 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.7 | 22.99 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.82 | 22.28 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.49 | 21.56 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 3.12 | 20.28 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 2.86 | 20.78 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 2.67 | 20.24 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.59 | 19.93 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 3.84 | 22.12 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 4.41 | 24.94 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.68 | 23.15 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 3.46 | 21.47 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 3.9 | 23.25 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 3.21 | 24.23 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.9 | 30.01 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 2.79 | 38.95 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 2.63 | 46.13 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 2.73 | 48.78 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.42 | 49.24 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Iraq vs Kuwait
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Kuwait: 80.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Kuwait: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kuwait: 7.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Kuwait: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Kuwait: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Kuwait: 2.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Kuwait: 4.84 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Kuwait: 1.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Kuwait: 1.53 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Kuwait: 100% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Kuwait: 34.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Kuwait: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Kuwait: 10.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Kuwait: 4.69% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Kuwait: $7.92B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Kuwait: $1,623 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Kuwait: 10.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Kuwait: 25,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Kuwait: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Kuwait: 1.03% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Kuwait: 311 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Kuwait: 95 million TIV in 1998