Qatar and United Arab Emirates
CO2 from fossil fuels and industry, 2022. Ranks are among 164 countries.
Qatar emitted 1.9 times as much CO2 per person as the United Arab Emirates in 2022. The United Arab Emirates emitted 1.9 times as much CO2 in total as Qatar.
| Measure | Qatar | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Totalmillion tonnes | 11039th of 164 | 20730th of 164 |
| Per persontonnes | 37.91st of 164 | 20.26th of 164 |
| Per unit of GDPkg per international dollar (2011 prices, PPP) | 0.28744th of 164 | 0.26651st of 164 |
Per person over time
CO2 from fossil fuels and industry per person, 1959 to 2024. Qatar: 5.44 tonnes per person in 1959, 41.3 in 2024, with a high of 122 in 1963. United Arab Emirates: 0.088 tonnes per person in 1959, 20.1 in 2024, with a high of 85.6 in 1969.
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| Year | Qatar, tonnes | United Arab Emirates, tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.88 | 0.0837 |
| 1965 | 98.1 | 0.132 |
| 1970 | 65.0 | 53.2 |
| 1975 | 56.7 | 57.2 |
| 1980 | 47.4 | 36.3 |
| 1985 | 33.9 | 36.2 |
| 1990 | 26.0 | 27.3 |
| 1995 | 64.5 | 29.9 |
| 2000 | 62.6 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 57.8 | 24.7 |
| 2010 | 43.1 | 26.8 |
| 2015 | 38.4 | 25.9 |
| 2020 | 36.1 | 22.8 |
| 2024 | 41.3 | 20.1 |
Sources
- Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (owid-co2-data.csv): countries from 1950. Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions), based on the Global Carbon Budget (2025), the Maddison Project Database 2023 (Bolt and van Zanden) and OWID's population series. Retrieved 16 October 2026. Terms. Trimmed from the published file.
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