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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011

Figures for 2011, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011 covers 210 countries. Qatar is highest, at 45.17488; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.03371. The middle country reads 2.74769. Against 2010, 210 values changed (113 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 2011

HighestQatar

45.17488

LowestCentral African Republic

0.03371

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia45.17488
2Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean33.72328
3CuraçaoCUWCaribbean32.45352
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia27.81872
5United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia27.57418
6ArubaABWCaribbean24.70944
7BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia23.92514
8BahrainBHRWestern Asia23.65415
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21.38421
10Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.69421
11OmanOMNWestern Asia18.62514
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.96612
13United StatesUSANorthern America17.63414
14Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean16.71521
15CanadaCANNorthern America16.28780
16EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.27499
17KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13.95505
18New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia13.86053
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia12.69027
20GreenlandGRLNorthern America12.40631
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia11.89233
22Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe11.77152
23PalauPLWMicronesia11.75528
24RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.69776
25TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia11.46407

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar45.17488
  2. 2Trinidad and Tobago33.72328
  3. 3Curaçao32.45352
  4. 4Kuwait27.81872
  5. 5United Arab Emirates27.57418

Lowest

  1. 210Central African Republic0.03371
  2. 209Burundi0.04261
  3. 208DR Congo0.04292
  4. 207Rwanda0.06085
  5. 206Somalia0.06557

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.74769. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 113 · 97rose · 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 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 (2011). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/2011

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011?

Qatar, at 45.17488, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011 cover?

210.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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