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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961

Figures for 1961, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961 covers 186 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 362.23397; Nepal is lowest, at 0.00781. The middle country reads 0.85631. Against 1960, 185 values changed (120 up, 65 down), 1 country joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1961

HighestSint Maarten

362.23397

LowestNepal

0.00781

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, 1961, 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 186 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean362.23397
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean71.97248
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.64381
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia28.82946
5United StatesUSANorthern America15.73312
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.20948
7ArubaABWCaribbean11.61525
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe11.37300
9CzechiaCZEEastern Europe11.23192
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.12941
11New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia10.74500
12CanadaCANNorthern America10.62257
13BahrainBHRWestern Asia10.26837
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia10.21238
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe10.12229
16GreenlandGRLNorthern America8.77158
17AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.28616
18SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe8.20780
19RussiaRUSEastern Europe7.50592
20TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia7.36381
21PolandPOLEastern Europe6.91204
22DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe6.87712
23FranceFRAWestern Europe6.78473
24UkraineUKREastern Europe6.66810
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe6.51526

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten362.23397
  2. 2Curaçao71.97248
  3. 3Luxembourg36.64381
  4. 4Kuwait28.82946
  5. 5United States15.73312

Lowest

  1. 186Nepal0.00781
  2. 185Eswatini0.01037
  3. 184Niger0.01523
  4. 183Ethiopia0.01555
  5. 182Chad0.01648

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.85631. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 120 · 65rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kiribati

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 186 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 (1961). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1961

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961?

Sint Maarten, at 362.23397, of the 186 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961 cover?

186.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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