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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956

Figures for 1956, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956 covers 180 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 749.4810; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 0.0009. The middle country reads 0.7155. Against 1955, 180 values changed (128 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1956

HighestSint Maarten

749.4810

LowestBurkina Faso

0.0009

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, 1956, 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 180 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean749.4810
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean117.2226
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33.8139
4ArubaABWCaribbean18.6581
5QatarQATWestern Asia17.1261
6United StatesUSANorthern America16.9405
7New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia16.5001
8CanadaCANNorthern America11.7455
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.1622
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe10.8969
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.8469
12EstoniaESTNorthern Europe9.7029
13VenezuelaVENSouth America9.2547
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia9.1299
15CzechiaCZEEastern Europe8.6862
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.0079
17BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.4355
18SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe6.7222
19TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia6.4694
20RussiaRUSEastern Europe6.1309
21PolandPOLEastern Europe6.0407
22FranceFRAWestern Europe6.0286
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5.9778
24SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.9302
25DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe5.9072

02In 1956

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten749.4810
  2. 2Curaçao117.2226
  3. 3Luxembourg33.8139
  4. 4Aruba18.6581
  5. 5Qatar17.1261

Lowest

  1. 180Burkina Faso0.0009
  2. 179Burundi0.0034
  3. 178Nepal0.0051
  4. 177Rwanda0.0063
  5. 176Niger0.0096

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.7155. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 180values changed, of 180 in both
  • 128 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 180 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 (1956). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1956

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956?

Sint Maarten, at 749.4810, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956 cover?

180.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956?

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, 1956 the newest?

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

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