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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1952

Figures for 1952, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much carbon dioxide a country emits from burning fossil fuels and making cement, divided by how many people live there. The Global Carbon Project has compiled it every year since the 1950s and it is the number most climate comparisons rest on.

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1952 covers 176 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 377.17132; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 0.42414. Against 1951, 174 values changed (122 up, 52 down), 1 country joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1952

HighestSint Maarten

377.17132

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1952, 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 176 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1952: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean377.17132
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean52.10631
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe31.38492
4United StatesUSANorthern America16.06618
5CanadaCANNorthern America11.00677
6United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.44460
7BahrainBHRWestern Asia10.33415
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe9.59769
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe8.74672
10VenezuelaVENSouth America8.48350
11ArubaABWCaribbean8.28304
12QatarQATWestern Asia7.50153
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe7.26167
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7.23073
15KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.22527
16New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia7.19065
17EstoniaESTNorthern Europe7.04086
18BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia5.94531
19SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe5.87469
20FranceFRAWestern Europe5.31126
21DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe5.28908
22NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5.27178
23IcelandISLNorthern Europe5.25689
24South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.20991
25PolandPOLEastern Europe4.98026

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten377.17132
  2. 2Curaçao52.10631
  3. 3Luxembourg31.38492
  4. 4United States16.06618
  5. 5Canada11.00677

Lowest

  1. 175Saudi Arabiashared0.00000
  2. 175Kuwaitshared0.00000
  3. 174Burkina Faso0.00088
  4. 173Nepal0.00335
  5. 172Ethiopia0.00540

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.42414. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 174values changed, of 175 in both
  • 122 · 52rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Sint Maarten693.18508 → 377.17132−316.01376
  • Curaçao92.63320 → 52.10631−40.52688
  • Qatar15.49384 → 7.50153−7.99231
  • Aruba14.72848 → 8.28304−6.44544
  • Kuwait0.73997 → 0.00000−0.73997
+ Solomon Islands

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 175 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 0.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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Global Carbon Project (1952). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1952

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