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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966

Figures for 1966, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966 covers 192 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 197.93450; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.01249. The middle country reads 1.15104. Against 1965, 192 values changed (130 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1966

HighestSint Maarten

197.93450

LowestRwanda

0.01249

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, 1966, 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 192 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean197.93450
2QatarQATWestern Asia86.89007
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia61.34076
4CuraçaoCUWCaribbean57.46990
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.87987
6United StatesUSANorthern America18.01332
7New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia15.75421
8EstoniaESTNorthern Europe15.47380
9CanadaCANNorthern America12.91905
10CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.48629
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe12.41537
12KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia11.81247
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.30431
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.11623
15DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe10.44060
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand9.98373
17GreenlandGRLNorthern America9.71762
18RussiaRUSEastern Europe9.59815
19ArubaABWCaribbean9.43783
20SwedenSWENorthern Europe9.29044
21SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe8.82211
22TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia8.54253
23UkraineUKREastern Europe8.46637
24NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8.30892
25PolandPOLEastern Europe7.99612

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten197.93450
  2. 2Qatar86.89007
  3. 3Kuwait61.34076
  4. 4Curaçao57.46990
  5. 5Luxembourg34.87987

Lowest

  1. 192Rwanda0.01249
  2. 191Burundi0.01480
  3. 190Nepal0.01670
  4. 189Burkina Faso0.01959
  5. 188Chad0.02449

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.15104. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 192values changed, of 192 in both
  • 130 · 62rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Sint Maarten230.55411 → 197.93450−32.61961
  • Qatar98.14133 → 86.89007−11.25125
  • Kuwait67.90549 → 61.34076−6.56473
  • Curaçao62.25845 → 57.46990−4.78855
  • Bahrain6.11074 → 3.12479−2.98595

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 192 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 (1966). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1966

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966?

Sint Maarten, at 197.93450, of the 192 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966 cover?

192.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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