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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973

Figures for 1973, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973 covers 197 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 183.0221; Bhutan is lowest, at 0.0107. The middle country reads 1.6589. Against 1972, 197 values changed (146 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1973

HighestSint Maarten

183.0221

LowestBhutan

0.0107

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean183.0221
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean84.4893
3QatarQATWestern Asia76.9717
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia70.1317
5BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia67.6764
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe40.6042
7BahamasBHSCaribbean39.1589
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia24.7764
9Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia23.1478
10United StatesUSANorthern America22.2213
11BahrainBHRWestern Asia21.6120
12New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia20.6837
13EstoniaESTNorthern Europe19.8035
14CanadaCANNorthern America16.9374
15CzechiaCZEEastern Europe16.5688
16ArubaABWCaribbean14.6288
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.2665
18KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13.8000
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.7476
20RussiaRUSEastern Europe12.6612
21AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12.5857
22NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12.2838
23NauruNRUMicronesia12.2738
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.7882
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.7387

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten183.0221
  2. 2Curaçao84.4893
  3. 3Qatar76.9717
  4. 4United Arab Emirates70.1317
  5. 5Brunei67.6764

Lowest

  1. 197Bhutan0.0107
  2. 196Cambodia0.0130
  3. 195Rwanda0.0160
  4. 194Burundi0.0203
  5. 193Maldives0.0272

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6589. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 146 · 51rose · 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 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 (1973). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1973

0675 held

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973?

Sint Maarten, at 183.0221, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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