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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006

Figures for 2006, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006 covers 210 countries. Qatar is highest, at 61.42156; Burundi is lowest, at 0.02376. The middle country reads 2.86472. Against 2005, 210 values changed (126 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 2006

HighestQatar

61.42156

LowestBurundi

0.02376

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, 2006, 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 210 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia61.42156
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean34.65760
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia32.23277
4Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean31.43296
5ArubaABWCaribbean28.42335
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe25.17758
7United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia24.50005
8BahrainBHRWestern Asia24.16590
9Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.73602
10United StatesUSANorthern America20.23674
11BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia19.58984
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand19.00738
13Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean18.14172
14CanadaCANNorthern America17.28723
15OmanOMNWestern Asia16.08470
16Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe13.99686
17KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13.63866
18FinlandFINNorthern Europe12.98344
19CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.27925
20EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.20464
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia12.06879
22BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.74586
23PalauPLWMicronesia11.59435
24GreenlandGRLNorthern America11.31621
25RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.26576

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar61.42156
  2. 2Curaçao34.65760
  3. 3Kuwait32.23277
  4. 4Trinidad and Tobago31.43296
  5. 5Aruba28.42335

Lowest

  1. 210Burundi0.02376
  2. 209Central African Republic0.03181
  3. 208DR Congo0.03880
  4. 207Niger0.04702
  5. 206Rwanda0.05529

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.86472. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 126 · 84rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Bahrain26.25607 → 24.16590−2.09016
  • Nauru6.19843 → 4.38190−1.81653
  • Kuwait33.35822 → 32.23277−1.12545
  • Libya9.55580 → 8.60338−0.95242
  • Faroe Islands14.92542 → 13.99686−0.92855

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 210 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 (2006). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/2006

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006?

Qatar, at 61.42156, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006 cover?

210.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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