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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979

Figures for 1979, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979 covers 197 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 80.8704; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.0058. The middle country reads 2.1313. Against 1978, 197 values changed (123 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1979

HighestSint Maarten

80.8704

LowestCambodia

0.0058

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean80.8704
2QatarQATWestern Asia55.4621
3CuraçaoCUWCaribbean54.4326
4BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia41.2048
5United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia40.0957
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33.5147
7BahamasBHSCaribbean30.2980
8Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia24.1949
9BahrainBHRWestern Asia23.6616
10EstoniaESTNorthern Europe23.0726
11United StatesUSANorthern America21.5699
12CanadaCANNorthern America18.2234
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe17.8185
14NauruNRUMicronesia15.2094
15Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean15.0832
16RussiaRUSEastern Europe14.8727
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia14.8314
18KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia14.7981
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.3029
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.2474
21NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe13.3100
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.2334
23UkraineUKREastern Europe13.0481
24PolandPOLEastern Europe12.5201
25KuwaitKWTWestern Asia12.3954

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten80.8704
  2. 2Qatar55.4621
  3. 3Curaçao54.4326
  4. 4Brunei41.2048
  5. 5United Arab Emirates40.0957

Lowest

  1. 197Cambodia0.0058
  2. 196Burundi0.0261
  3. 195Nepal0.0337
  4. 194Central African Republic0.0423
  5. 193Chad0.0447

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.1313. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 123 · 74rose · 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 (1979). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1979

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979?

Sint Maarten, at 80.8704, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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