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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013

Figures for 2013, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013 covers 210 countries. Qatar is highest, at 44.9826; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.0221. The middle country reads 2.7790. Against 2012, 210 values changed (104 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 2013

HighestQatar

44.9826

LowestCentral African Republic

0.0221

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia44.9826
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean36.3684
3Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean32.4208
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia27.3483
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia24.8395
6KuwaitKWTWestern Asia23.6752
7Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.8078
8Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean19.9275
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe18.9994
10BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia18.5458
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.1219
12OmanOMNWestern Asia17.1071
13United StatesUSANorthern America17.0986
14CanadaCANNorthern America16.1104
15MongoliaMNGEastern Asia15.2454
16EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.8976
17KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia14.4410
18New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia14.3418
19Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe13.4329
20PalauPLWMicronesia12.8722
21South KoreaKOREastern Asia12.6736
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia11.7256
23RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.3243
24TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia10.8328
25MontserratMSRCaribbean10.7923

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar44.9826
  2. 2Curaçao36.3684
  3. 3Trinidad and Tobago32.4208
  4. 4United Arab Emirates27.3483
  5. 5Bahrain24.8395

Lowest

  1. 210Central African Republic0.0221
  2. 209Burundi0.0418
  3. 208DR Congo0.0517
  4. 207Somalia0.0666
  5. 206Malawi0.0693

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.7790. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 104 · 106rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kuwait30.3266 → 23.6752−6.6514
  • Brunei23.4242 → 18.5458−4.8784
  • Aruba13.2139 → 8.3956−4.8183
  • Qatar49.1517 → 44.9826−4.1691
  • Curaçao39.0790 → 36.3684−2.7106

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 (2013). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/2013

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013?

Qatar, at 44.9826, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013 cover?

210.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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