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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960

Figures for 1960, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960 covers 185 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 379.68775; Nepal is lowest, at 0.00796. The middle country reads 0.85982. Against 1959, 185 values changed (130 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1960

HighestSint Maarten

379.68775

LowestNepal

0.00796

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, 1960, 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 185 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean379.68775
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean70.06452
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.69831
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.06588
5United StatesUSANorthern America16.07164
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe11.98189
7ArubaABWCaribbean11.26253
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe11.17407
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.11380
10New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia10.78741
11CanadaCANNorthern America10.76700
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe10.38414
13KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia10.22986
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe9.98832
15AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.50522
16SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe7.67340
17RussiaRUSEastern Europe7.37963
18TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia7.35395
19VenezuelaVENSouth America6.98728
20GreenlandGRLNorthern America6.96166
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe6.90640
22PolandPOLEastern Europe6.74696
23SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.56956
24UkraineUKREastern Europe6.55422
25DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe6.49886

02In 1960

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten379.68775
  2. 2Curaçao70.06452
  3. 3Luxembourg36.69831
  4. 4Kuwait25.06588
  5. 5United States16.07164

Lowest

  1. 185Nepal0.00796
  2. 184Niger0.00836
  3. 183Burkina Faso0.00920
  4. 182Burundi0.01318
  5. 181Ethiopia0.01645

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.85982. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031959 → 1960

Since 1959

What changed between 1959 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 130 · 55rose · 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 185 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 (1960). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1960

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960?

Sint Maarten, at 379.68775, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960 describe?

1960.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960 cover?

185.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960?

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, 1960 the newest?

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

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