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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989

Figures for 1989, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989 covers 197 countries. Qatar is highest, at 33.6195; Chad is lowest, at 0.0176. The middle country reads 2.7162. Against 1988, 197 values changed (104 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1989

HighestQatar

33.6195

LowestChad

0.0176

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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia33.6195
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.3848
3CuraçaoCUWCaribbean28.7229
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe26.1011
5BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia25.5675
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe24.8437
7BahrainBHRWestern Asia23.4283
8Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.0797
9United StatesUSANorthern America19.7875
10Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean19.0604
11CanadaCANNorthern America16.9147
12NauruNRUMicronesia16.7787
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe16.7256
14RussiaRUSEastern Europe16.2238
15KuwaitKWTWestern Asia16.1610
16KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia15.5678
17AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15.2251
18SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia13.9533
19BermudaBMUNorthern America13.6609
20UkraineUKREastern Europe13.1719
21Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean12.9694
22GermanyDEUWestern Europe12.7655
23Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe12.1853
24PolandPOLEastern Europe11.1298
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe10.8346

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar33.6195
  2. 2United Arab Emirates30.3848
  3. 3Curaçao28.7229
  4. 4Luxembourg26.1011
  5. 5Brunei25.5675

Lowest

  1. 197Chad0.0176
  2. 196Mali0.0462
  3. 195Nepal0.0469
  4. 194Uganda0.0473
  5. 193Burundi0.0489

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.7162. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 104 · 93rose · 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 (1989). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1989

0675 held

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989?

Qatar, at 33.6195, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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