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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970

Figures for 1970, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970 covers 195 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 241.3177; Bhutan is lowest, at 0.0119. The middle country reads 1.5633. Against 1969, 193 values changed (144 up, 49 down), 2 countries joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1970

HighestSint Maarten

241.3177

LowestBhutan

0.0119

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, 1970, 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 195 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean241.3177
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean92.1751
3QatarQATWestern Asia64.9889
4BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia60.7061
5United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia53.1693
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe40.4991
7KuwaitKWTWestern Asia30.9245
8New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia21.8825
9United StatesUSANorthern America20.8844
10EstoniaESTNorthern Europe17.4756
11CanadaCANNorthern America15.9157
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe15.7598
13ArubaABWCaribbean15.7551
14LibyaLBYNorthern Africa15.5120
15BahamasBHSCaribbean13.8866
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.1168
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.0313
18Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia12.7022
19KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia12.6390
20DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe12.5882
21AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.7357
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.7237
23BahrainBHRWestern Asia11.5229
24SwedenSWENorthern Europe11.4745
25RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.0563

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten241.3177
  2. 2Curaçao92.1751
  3. 3Qatar64.9889
  4. 4Brunei60.7061
  5. 5United Arab Emirates53.1693

Lowest

  1. 195Bhutan0.0119
  2. 194Rwanda0.0147
  3. 193Burundi0.0176
  4. 192Nepal0.0183
  5. 191Burkina Faso0.0255

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.5633. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 193values changed, of 193 in both
  • 144 · 49rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bhutan+ Niue

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 195 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 (1970). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1970

0675 held

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970?

Sint Maarten, at 241.3177, of the 195 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970 cover?

195.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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