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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954

Figures for 1954, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954 covers 177 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 792.98111; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 0.00084. The middle country reads 0.56833. Against 1953, 176 values changed (127 up, 49 down), 1 country joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1954

HighestSint Maarten

792.98111

LowestBurkina Faso

0.00084

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954, as published. Global Carbon Project ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 177 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean792.98111
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean115.67897
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe28.96166
4QatarQATWestern Asia22.02433
5ArubaABWCaribbean18.38426
6United StatesUSANorthern America15.21339
7United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.83301
8CanadaCANNorthern America10.63828
9BelgiumBELWestern Europe9.75628
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe9.40728
11KuwaitKWTWestern Asia8.10021
12EstoniaESTNorthern Europe7.96206
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe7.91193
14VenezuelaVENSouth America7.88557
15BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.87743
16KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.83112
17New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia7.65738
18AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7.54725
19SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe6.26354
20BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia5.86633
21DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe5.80785
22PolandPOLEastern Europe5.54568
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5.50233
24TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia5.47716
25South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.20140

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten792.98111
  2. 2Curaçao115.67897
  3. 3Luxembourg28.96166
  4. 4Qatar22.02433
  5. 5Aruba18.38426

Lowest

  1. 177Burkina Faso0.00084
  2. 176Burundi0.00256
  3. 175Nepal0.00444
  4. 174Rwanda0.00485
  5. 173Niger0.00881

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.56833. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 176values changed, of 176 in both
  • 127 · 49rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Sint Maarten413.91341 → 792.98111+379.06770
  • Curaçao58.73388 → 115.67897+56.94510
  • Aruba9.33427 → 18.38426+9.04999
  • Qatar13.70334 → 22.02433+8.32099
  • Kuwait0.00000 → 8.10021+8.10021

Fell most

+ Macau

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    Global Carbon Project publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 177 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Global Carbon Project (1954). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1954

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954?

Sint Maarten, at 792.98111, of the 177 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954 cover?

177.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954 the newest?

No. The newest held here is CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024.

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