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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957

Figures for 1957, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957 covers 180 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 479.7952; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 0.0010. The middle country reads 0.7728. Against 1956, 180 values changed (120 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1957

HighestSint Maarten

479.7952

LowestBurkina Faso

0.0010

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, 1957, 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, 1957: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean479.7952
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean77.9172
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.1716
4United StatesUSANorthern America16.5352
5New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia14.6954
6ArubaABWCaribbean12.4207
7United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.0394
8CanadaCANNorthern America10.9856
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.9395
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe10.8034
11EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.5240
12QatarQATWestern Asia10.1655
13KuwaitKWTWestern Asia9.6828
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia9.6677
15VenezuelaVENSouth America9.5327
16CzechiaCZEEastern Europe9.0134
17AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7.8303
18SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe6.8948
19TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia6.8849
20RussiaRUSEastern Europe6.6026
21PolandPOLEastern Europe6.3613
22FranceFRAWestern Europe6.1702
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.8803
24UkraineUKREastern Europe5.8613
25IcelandISLNorthern Europe5.8489

02In 1957

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten479.7952
  2. 2Curaçao77.9172
  3. 3Luxembourg35.1716
  4. 4United States16.5352
  5. 5New Caledonia14.6954

Lowest

  1. 180Burkina Faso0.0010
  2. 179Burundi0.0039
  3. 178Nepal0.0057
  4. 177Rwanda0.0070
  5. 176Niger0.0095

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.7728. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 180values changed, of 180 in both
  • 120 · 60rose · 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 (1957). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1957

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957?

Sint Maarten, at 479.7952, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957 describe?

1957.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957 cover?

180.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957?

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, 1957 the newest?

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

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