Statizoid

Per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait

Kuwait: Per capita nitrous oxide was 0.2483 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.2483
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
123rd
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.7535
in 1949
All-time low
0.2048
in 1977
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait, 1850–2024

0.20.40.60.8185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait stood at 0.2483.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait peaked at 0.7535 in 1949 and was at its lowest, 0.2048, in 1977.

That places Kuwait 123rd out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.2725 —
1851 0.2765 +1.5%
1852 0.2804 +1.4%
1853 0.2842 +1.4%
1854 0.2878 +1.3%
1855 0.2913 +1.2%
1856 0.2945 +1.1%
1857 0.2975 +1.0%
1858 0.3001 +0.9%
1859 0.3024 +0.8%
1860 0.3043 +0.6%
1861 0.3059 +0.5%
1862 0.3075 +0.5%
1863 0.309 +0.5%
1864 0.3105 +0.5%
1865 0.312 +0.5%
1866 0.3135 +0.5%
1867 0.315 +0.5%
1868 0.3165 +0.5%
1869 0.3177 +0.4%
1870 0.3186 +0.3%
1871 0.3212 +0.8%
1872 0.3269 +1.8%
1873 0.3348 +2.4%
1874 0.3446 +2.9%
1875 0.3552 +3.1%
1876 0.3659 +3.0%
1877 0.376 +2.7%
1878 0.3846 +2.3%
1879 0.3909 +1.7%
1880 0.3943 +0.9%
1881 0.3957 +0.4%
1882 0.3967 +0.2%
1883 0.3973 +0.2%
1884 0.3977 +0.1%
1885 0.3979 +0.0%
1886 0.398 +0.0%
1887 0.3981 +0.0%
1888 0.3982 +0.0%
1889 0.3985 +0.1%
1890 0.4007 +0.5%
1891 0.4012 +0.1%
1892 0.4018 +0.1%
1893 0.4024 +0.1%
1894 0.403 +0.2%
1895 0.4038 +0.2%
1896 0.4046 +0.2%
1897 0.4056 +0.2%
1898 0.4066 +0.3%
1899 0.4079 +0.3%
1900 0.4093 +0.3%
1901 0.411 +0.4%
1902 0.4133 +0.5%
1903 0.4159 +0.6%
1904 0.4188 +0.7%
1905 0.422 +0.7%
1906 0.4252 +0.8%
1907 0.4284 +0.8%
1908 0.4316 +0.7%
1909 0.4343 +0.6%
1910 0.4366 +0.5%
1911 0.4384 +0.4%
1912 0.44 +0.4%
1913 0.4412 +0.3%
1914 0.4424 +0.3%
1915 0.4436 +0.3%
1916 0.4447 +0.3%
1917 0.4458 +0.2%
1918 0.447 +0.3%
1919 0.4482 +0.3%
1920 0.4495 +0.3%
1921 0.451 +0.4%
1922 0.4532 +0.5%
1923 0.4558 +0.6%
1924 0.4586 +0.6%
1925 0.4616 +0.7%
1926 0.4646 +0.6%
1927 0.4675 +0.6%
1928 0.4701 +0.6%
1929 0.4724 +0.5%
1930 0.4742 +0.4%
1931 0.4764 +0.5%
1932 0.4797 +0.7%
1933 0.484 +0.9%
1934 0.4892 +1.1%
1935 0.4949 +1.2%
1936 0.501 +1.2%
1937 0.5074 +1.3%
1938 0.5139 +1.3%
1939 0.5204 +1.3%
1940 0.5266 +1.2%
1941 0.5377 +2.1%
1942 0.5574 +3.7%
1943 0.5836 +4.7%
1944 0.6141 +5.2%
1945 0.6469 +5.3%
1946 0.6801 +5.1%
1947 0.7118 +4.7%
1948 0.7401 +4.0%
1949 0.7535 +1.8%
1950 0.7489 -0.6%
1951 0.745 -0.5%
1952 0.7396 -0.7%
1953 0.7332 -0.9%
1954 0.7261 -1.0%
1955 0.6897 -5.0%
1956 0.6322 -8.3%
1957 0.5891 -6.8%
1958 0.5463 -7.3%
1959 0.5001 -8.4%
1960 0.4603 -8.0%
1961 0.4365 -5.2%
1962 0.4067 -6.8%
1963 0.385 -5.3%
1964 0.3681 -4.4%
1965 0.3543 -3.7%
1966 0.343 -3.2%
1967 0.3344 -2.5%
1968 0.3265 -2.4%
1969 0.3205 -1.9%
1970 0.3293 +2.8%
1971 0.3252 -1.2%
1972 0.3204 -1.5%
1973 0.2823 -11.9%
1974 0.2398 -15.1%
1975 0.2168 -9.6%
1976 0.2083 -3.9%
1977 0.2048 -1.7%
1978 0.2269 +10.8%
1979 0.2445 +7.7%
1980 0.2642 +8.1%
1981 0.2727 +3.2%
1982 0.2941 +7.9%
1983 0.2951 +0.3%
1984 0.2731 -7.5%
1985 0.3087 +13.1%
1986 0.3021 -2.2%
1987 0.3128 +3.6%
1988 0.3274 +4.7%
1989 0.3501 +6.9%
1990 0.2606 -25.6%
1991 0.2392 -8.2%
1992 0.2337 -2.3%
1993 0.2545 +8.9%
1994 0.2941 +15.6%
1995 0.3092 +5.1%
1996 0.3296 +6.6%
1997 0.3467 +5.2%
1998 0.3738 +7.8%
1999 0.397 +6.2%
2000 0.3519 -11.4%
2001 0.3445 -2.1%
2002 0.3628 +5.3%
2003 0.365 +0.6%
2004 0.3583 -1.8%
2005 0.3702 +3.3%
2006 0.3704 +0.0%
2007 0.3438 -7.2%
2008 0.3563 +3.6%
2009 0.3414 -4.2%
2010 0.3229 -5.4%
2011 0.3102 -3.9%
2012 0.2991 -3.6%
2013 0.3004 +0.4%
2014 0.2846 -5.3%
2015 0.2804 -1.5%
2016 0.2732 -2.6%
2017 0.2665 -2.4%
2018 0.2598 -2.5%
2019 0.2553 -1.7%
2020 0.2468 -3.3%
2021 0.2744 +11.2%
2022 0.2581 -5.9%
2023 0.2469 -4.4%
2024 0.2483 +0.6%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

  • Kuwait's 0.2483 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3904, 64% of the median. (67 countries reporting)
  • Kuwait's 0.2483 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2287, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1990 -25.6% 0.3501 0.2606

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.2887 0.2725 0.3024 10
1860s 0.3112 0.3043 0.3177 10
1870s 0.3519 0.3186 0.3909 10
1880s 0.3973 0.3943 0.3985 10
1890s 0.4037 0.4007 0.4079 10
1900s 0.421 0.4093 0.4343 10
1910s 0.4428 0.4366 0.4482 10
1920s 0.4604 0.4495 0.4724 10
1930s 0.4941 0.4742 0.5204 10
1940s 0.6352 0.5266 0.7535 10
1950s 0.665 0.5001 0.7489 10
1960s 0.3735 0.3205 0.4603 10
1970s 0.2598 0.2048 0.3293 10
1980s 0.3 0.2642 0.3501 10
1990s 0.3038 0.2337 0.397 10
2000s 0.3565 0.3414 0.3704 10
2010s 0.2852 0.2553 0.3229 10
2020s 0.2549 0.2468 0.2744 5

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 120 Montenegro 0.2493 compare
  2. 121 Honduras 0.2492 compare
  3. 122 Uganda 0.2491 compare
  4. 124 Taiwan 0.2467 compare
  5. 125 Switzerland 0.2456 compare
  6. 126 Ecuador 0.2447 compare

See the full ranking of 201 places →

More reference data data for Kuwait

All data for Kuwait →

Frequently asked questions

What is per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait?
Per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait was 0.2483 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 0.7535 in 1949.
What is the lowest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2048 in 1977.
How does Kuwait rank for per capita nitrous oxide?
Kuwait ranks 123rd out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita nitrous oxide rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita nitrous oxide. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 175 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-nitrous-oxide/kuwait/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-nitrous-oxide/kuwait/">Per capita nitrous oxide in Kuwait</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Per capita nitrous oxide
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 34,339 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed