TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇶🇦 Qatar
World rank #40 · Asia · Same as 54.7 million cars driven for a year
54.7 million
cars driven for a year
252 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +2%/yr
Qatar ranks #40 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 252 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AsiaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#40 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
337Nebras Energy QPSC= 1.6M cars/yr7.5 Mt CO₂eNEW468Umm Al Houl Power QSC= 1.2M cars/yr5.5 Mt CO₂eNEW498QatarEnergy= 1.2M cars/yr5.5 Mt CO₂eNEW586Ras Girtas Power Company QSC= 813k cars/yr3.7 Mt CO₂eNEW599Qatar Aluminium Ltd= 816k cars/yr3.8 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (16)
663Qatar National Cement Company QPSC= 603k cars/yr2.8 Mt CO₂eNEW736Al Khalij Cement Co= 546k cars/yr2.5 Mt CO₂eNEW764Mesaieed Power Co= 508k cars/yr2.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1053QPOWER QSC= 281k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1126Ras Laffan Power Company QSC= 244k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1138Qatar Steel Company QPSC= 235k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1283Industries Qatar QPSC= 184k cars/yr847.3 kt CO₂eNEW1441Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Co= 113k cars/yr521.4 kt CO₂eNEW1442Qatar Petroleum= 113k cars/yr521.4 kt CO₂eNEW1550Qatar Fertiliser Company QPSC= 67.3k cars/yr309.7 kt CO₂eNEW1579Qatarenergy= 56.7k cars/yr260.7 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamad International Airport | Transport | 13.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Qatar_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 8.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Ras Abu Fontas (E) power plant | Power | 6.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Umm Al Houl power plant | Power | 5.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Ras Laffan | Transport | 5.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Qatalum CCGT power station | Power | 4.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Ras Laffan C power plant | Power | 3.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Umm Bab Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 2.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Bu Ghawlana Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 2.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Ar Rayyan Municipality | Transport | 2.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Ad Dawhah Municipality | Transport | 2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| QatarEnergy Mesaieed Industrial City Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 1.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan | Manufacturing | 1.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| QatarEnergy Laffan Refinery 1 | Fossil Fuels | 1.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| QatarEnergy Laffan Refinery 2 | Fossil Fuels | 1.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population