5. United Arab Emirates
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2019: 18.22
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2010: 18.09 — #6 highest of 147 countries
> CO2 emissions per GDP, 2019: 0.27 — #37 highest of 148 countries
> Total GHG emissions, million metric tons, 2019: 208.52 — #27 highest of 87 countries
The United Arab Emirates is on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and like other nations in that part of Western Asia, the country of nearly 10 million produces most of its energy from oil and natural gas. Since 2014, it has begun generating solar power.
4. Bahrain
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2019: 19.86
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2010: 20.58 — #4 highest of 147 countries
> CO2 emissions per GDP, 2019: 0.47 — #14 highest of 148 countries
> Total GHG emissions, million metric tons, 2019: 37.57 — #37 lowest of 87 countries
The island kingdom on the Persian Gulf is a major producer and exporter of oil, natural gas, and petroleum products. The nation of 1.7 million had the fourth-highest total of CO2 emissions, in metric tons per capita, in 2010.
3. Gibraltar
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2019: 21.08
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2010: 13.95 — #15 highest of 147 countries
> CO2 emissions per GDP, 2019: 0.55 — #6 highest of 148 countries
> Total GHG emissions, million metric tons, 2019: No data
Located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, with a population of about 34,000, had the sixth-highest amount of CO2 emissions per GDP in 2019. Gibraltar published its first Climate Change Act in 2019. Under the legislation, Gibraltar plans to slash CO2 emissions to zero by 2045.
2. Kuwait
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2019: 21.26
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2010: 25.78 — #2 highest of 147 countries
> CO2 emissions per GDP, 2019: 0.50 — #8 highest of 148 countries
> Total GHG emissions, million metric tons, 2019: 113.74 — #38 highest of 87 countries
Kuwait, a wealthy country on the Arabian Peninsula, is completely reliant on fossil fuels, and it expects to triple its energy demand by 2030. The nation of 4.3 million people is varying its energy sources and plans to boost renewables to 15% of its energy requirements by 2030.
1. Qatar
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2019: 30.68
> CO2 emissions, metric tons per capita, 2010: 29.91 — #1 highest of 147 countries
> CO2 emissions per GDP, 2019: 0.35 — #23 highest of 148 countries
> Total GHG emissions, million metric tons, 2019: 109.67 — #39 highest of 87 countries
Qatar, on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, had the highest amount of CO2 emissions in metric tons per capita of any nation on this list in 2019 and 2020. Energy production, total primary energy supply, electricity final consumption, and total CO2 emissions have all soared by at least 533% since 1990 in the nation of about 2.9 million people.
