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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962

Figures for 1962, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962 covers 188 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 361.97179; Nepal is lowest, at 0.00836. The middle country reads 0.96065. Against 1961, 185 values changed (137 up, 48 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1962

HighestSint Maarten

361.97179

LowestNepal

0.00836

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, 1962, 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 188 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean361.97179
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean77.78807
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia37.08778
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.13839
5United StatesUSANorthern America16.03379
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.66558
7ArubaABWCaribbean12.58775
8CzechiaCZEEastern Europe11.93983
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe11.93079
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.12989
11CanadaCANNorthern America11.12040
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe10.63454
13KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia10.38038
14BahrainBHRWestern Asia8.86638
15SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe8.64269
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.49039
17Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean8.21646
18DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.94079
19RussiaRUSEastern Europe7.78145
20GreenlandGRLNorthern America7.61461
21TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia7.50502
22PolandPOLEastern Europe7.13966
23FranceFRAWestern Europe7.08595
24NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe7.05483
25UkraineUKREastern Europe6.91005

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten361.97179
  2. 2Curaçao77.78807
  3. 3Kuwait37.08778
  4. 4Luxembourg36.13839
  5. 5United States16.03379

Lowest

  1. 188Nepal0.00836
  2. 187Burundi0.01512
  3. 186Burkina Faso0.01713
  4. 185Ethiopia0.01761
  5. 184Niger0.01776

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.96065. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 137 · 48rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montserrat+ British Virgin Islands+ Vanuatu− Eswatini

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 188 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 (1962). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1962

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962?

Sint Maarten, at 361.97179, of the 188 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962 cover?

188.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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