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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983

Figures for 1983, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983 covers 197 countries. Qatar is highest, at 34.1364; Nepal is lowest, at 0.0295. The middle country reads 2.2430. Against 1982, 197 values changed (103 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1983

HighestQatar

34.1364

LowestNepal

0.0295

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia34.1364
2Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean33.0998
3CuraçaoCUWCaribbean30.5917
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia28.5674
5EstoniaESTNorthern Europe23.7103
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe22.9043
7Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia22.1722
8BahrainBHRWestern Asia20.5188
9United StatesUSANorthern America18.3402
10CzechiaCZEEastern Europe17.5782
11CanadaCANNorthern America16.0682
12RussiaRUSEastern Europe15.2789
13NauruNRUMicronesia15.1626
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia14.8601
15Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean14.0231
16UkraineUKREastern Europe13.4939
17AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.4704
18BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia13.3503
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe12.9300
20SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia12.4340
21KuwaitKWTWestern Asia12.3711
22PolandPOLEastern Europe11.5118
23SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe11.4025
24Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe10.9092
25LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe10.6243

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar34.1364
  2. 2Sint Maarten33.0998
  3. 3Curaçao30.5917
  4. 4United Arab Emirates28.5674
  5. 5Estonia23.7103

Lowest

  1. 197Nepal0.0295
  2. 196Chad0.0412
  3. 195Burundi0.0427
  4. 194Uganda0.0434
  5. 193Ethiopia0.0486

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.2430. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 103 · 94rose · 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 (1983). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1983

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983?

Qatar, at 34.1364, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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