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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1964

Figures for 1964, 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, 1964 covers 192 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 280.5637; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.0110. The middle country reads 0.9064. Against 1963, 189 values changed (137 up, 52 down), 3 countries joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1964

HighestSint Maarten

280.5637

LowestRwanda

0.0110

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, 1964, 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 192 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1964: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean280.5637
2QatarQATWestern Asia110.2415
3CuraçaoCUWCaribbean70.3484
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia53.5062
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.7232
6United StatesUSANorthern America16.9293
7EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.1164
8CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.9738
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe12.8613
10CanadaCANNorthern America12.2959
11New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia12.1322
12ArubaABWCaribbean11.4593
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.2549
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia11.1344
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.0907
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand9.3047
17SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe9.2770
18DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.1399
19RussiaRUSEastern Europe8.6975
20GreenlandGRLNorthern America8.4685
21BahrainBHRWestern Asia8.2424
22TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia8.0747
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe7.9779
24SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.8797
25PolandPOLEastern Europe7.8362

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten280.5637
  2. 2Qatar110.2415
  3. 3Curaçao70.3484
  4. 4Kuwait53.5062
  5. 5Luxembourg37.7232

Lowest

  1. 192Rwanda0.0110
  2. 191Nepal0.0137
  3. 190Burundi0.0156
  4. 189Ethiopia0.0172
  5. 188Oman0.0192

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.9064. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 189 in both
  • 137 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Nauru+ Oman+ Eswatini

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 192 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (1964). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1964

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