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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958

Figures for 1958, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958 covers 180 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 393.63701; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 0.00079. The middle country reads 0.79626. Against 1957, 180 values changed (100 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1958

HighestSint Maarten

393.63701

LowestBurkina Faso

0.00079

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, 1958, 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, 1958: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean393.63701
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean66.41857
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe32.55586
4United StatesUSANorthern America15.76846
5KuwaitKWTWestern Asia14.74662
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe11.12522
7United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.70543
8CanadaCANNorthern America10.64981
9ArubaABWCaribbean10.61084
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.54638
11KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia9.98289
12New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia9.88934
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe9.79685
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe9.75865
15BahrainBHRWestern Asia8.44008
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7.91347
17GreenlandGRLNorthern America7.71604
18SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe7.40964
19VenezuelaVENSouth America7.18218
20TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia7.13980
21RussiaRUSEastern Europe6.93514
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe6.48009
23PolandPOLEastern Europe6.16858
24South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.16202
25UkraineUKREastern Europe6.16125

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten393.63701
  2. 2Curaçao66.41857
  3. 3Luxembourg32.55586
  4. 4United States15.76846
  5. 5Kuwait14.74662

Lowest

  1. 180Burkina Faso0.00079
  2. 179Burundi0.00378
  3. 178Nepal0.00600
  4. 177Rwanda0.00678
  5. 176Niger0.00775

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.79626. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 180values changed, of 180 in both
  • 100 · 80rose · 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 (1958). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1958

0675 held

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958?

Sint Maarten, at 393.63701, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958 cover?

180.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958?

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, 1958 the newest?

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

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