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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972

Figures for 1972, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972 covers 197 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 176.9919; Bhutan is lowest, at 0.0111. The middle country reads 1.7736. Against 1971, 196 values changed (126 up, 70 down), 1 country joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1972

HighestSint Maarten

176.9919

LowestBhutan

0.0111

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, 1972, 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 197 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean176.9919
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean76.5601
3QatarQATWestern Asia73.5493
4BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia66.4828
5United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia60.8678
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe39.0106
7BahamasBHSCaribbean33.0586
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia30.0015
9United StatesUSANorthern America21.4855
10EstoniaESTNorthern Europe19.1624
11Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia17.9944
12CanadaCANNorthern America17.1299
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe16.5836
14BahrainBHRWestern Asia15.1940
15New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia14.2062
16KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13.5119
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.4753
18ArubaABWCaribbean13.3081
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.2286
20RussiaRUSEastern Europe12.2172
21DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.9359
22NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11.8041
23GreenlandGRLNorthern America11.7073
24United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.5557
25AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.5445

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten176.9919
  2. 2Curaçao76.5601
  3. 3Qatar73.5493
  4. 4Brunei66.4828
  5. 5United Arab Emirates60.8678

Lowest

  1. 197Bhutan0.0111
  2. 196Cambodia0.0137
  3. 195Rwanda0.0156
  4. 194Burundi0.0203
  5. 193Nepal0.0206

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.7736. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 196values changed, of 196 in both
  • 126 · 70rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Botswana

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 197 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 (1972). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1972

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972?

Sint Maarten, at 176.9919, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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