5 Countries With The Highest Average Carbon Dioxide Emissions Per Person

4. Kuwait

Carbon dioxide emission from fossil fuel per capita in 2019: 23.39 metric tonnes

Carbon dioxide emission from fossil fuel in 2019: 98.953 million metric tonnes

Kuwait’s economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and processing of oil and gas which makes it one of the countries with the highest average carbon dioxide emissions per person. Kuwait has a GDP of $134 billion as of 2019 and the oil and gas sector accounts for approximately 40% of the country’s GDP. On the other hand, as the population and industry have expanded through the years, so has the amount of electricity generated. The country aims to diversify its electricity generation by investing in renewables which will produce 15% of total generation by 2030.

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