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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019

Figures for 2019, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019 covers 210 countries. Qatar is highest, at 36.2518; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.0443. The middle country reads 3.2734. Against 2018, 210 values changed (105 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 2019

HighestQatar

36.2518

LowestDR Congo

0.0443

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia36.2518
2Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean27.4461
3BahrainBHRWestern Asia25.3193
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia23.5591
5Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia23.2448
6United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia21.7596
7BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia21.6052
8New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia20.0026
9Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean17.0566
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16.2826
11LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe15.7216
12OmanOMNWestern Asia15.6896
13United StatesUSANorthern America15.5005
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia15.4111
15CanadaCANNorthern America15.3246
16MongoliaMNGEastern Asia14.5784
17Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe14.2766
18CuraçaoCUWCaribbean12.6423
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia12.4808
20PalauPLWMicronesia12.1461
21RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.6319
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia11.6035
23LibyaLBYNorthern Africa10.6140
24IcelandISLNorthern Europe9.8493
25AnguillaAIACaribbean9.6402

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar36.2518
  2. 2Trinidad and Tobago27.4461
  3. 3Bahrain25.3193
  4. 4Kuwait23.5591
  5. 5Saudi Arabia23.2448

Lowest

  1. 210DR Congo0.0443
  2. 209Burundi0.0559
  3. 208Central African Republic0.0630
  4. 207Somalia0.0667
  5. 206Malawi0.0891

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.2734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 105 · 105rose · 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 (2019). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/2019

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019?

Qatar, at 36.2518, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019 cover?

210.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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