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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986

Figures for 1986, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986 covers 197 countries. Qatar is highest, at 34.72908; Chad is lowest, at 0.03559. The middle country reads 2.33660. Against 1985, 197 values changed (103 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1986

HighestQatar

34.72908

LowestChad

0.03559

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia34.72908
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32.13614
3EstoniaESTNorthern Europe25.29255
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe24.74124
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia24.65458
6Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia23.70832
7NauruNRUMicronesia18.44155
8United StatesUSANorthern America18.43847
9CzechiaCZEEastern Europe18.03967
10KuwaitKWTWestern Asia17.88416
11CuraçaoCUWCaribbean17.16665
12RussiaRUSEastern Europe16.22775
13KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia15.87274
14CanadaCANNorthern America15.44065
15UkraineUKREastern Europe14.43442
16Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean14.42359
17Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean14.29540
18AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.94184
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.43920
20SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia12.42447
21BelarusBLREastern Europe12.14813
22PolandPOLEastern Europe12.06474
23SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe11.50251
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.48320
25FinlandFINNorthern Europe10.82050

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar34.72908
  2. 2United Arab Emirates32.13614
  3. 3Estonia25.29255
  4. 4Luxembourg24.74124
  5. 5Bahrain24.65458

Lowest

  1. 197Chad0.03559
  2. 196Nepal0.03901
  3. 195Mali0.04450
  4. 194Uganda0.04538
  5. 193Burundi0.04572

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.33660. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 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 (1986). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1986

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986?

Qatar, at 34.72908, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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