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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009

Figures for 2009, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009 covers 210 countries. Qatar is highest, at 41.17485; Burundi is lowest, at 0.02416. The middle country reads 2.79908. Against 2008, 210 values changed (88 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 2009

HighestQatar

41.17485

LowestBurundi

0.02416

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia41.17485
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean37.58163
3Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean32.20862
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia31.77700
5ArubaABWCaribbean26.52954
6United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia25.21048
7BahrainBHRWestern Asia23.77286
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21.31687
9Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.81001
10BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20.11920
11Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean19.46259
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand18.68323
13United StatesUSANorthern America17.81067
14OmanOMNWestern Asia16.57712
15CanadaCANNorthern America15.99728
16KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13.42908
17Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe11.86347
18New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia11.80100
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe11.70844
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.07840
21CzechiaCZEEastern Europe11.03275
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia10.92316
23EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.79407
24RussiaRUSEastern Europe10.74057
25FinlandFINNorthern Europe10.47434

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar41.17485
  2. 2Curaçao37.58163
  3. 3Trinidad and Tobago32.20862
  4. 4Kuwait31.77700
  5. 5Aruba26.52954

Lowest

  1. 210Burundi0.02416
  2. 209Central African Republic0.03398
  3. 208DR Congo0.03683
  4. 207Rwanda0.05515
  5. 206Niger0.05972

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.79908. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 88 · 122rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Brunei24.26080 → 20.11920−4.14161
  • Bermuda10.18743 → 7.43579−2.75163
  • Bahrain26.34438 → 23.77286−2.57152
  • Estonia13.32372 → 10.79407−2.52966
  • Qatar43.35917 → 41.17485−2.18433

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 (2009). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/2009

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009?

Qatar, at 41.17485, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009 cover?

210.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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