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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971

Figures for 1971, 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, 1971 covers 196 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 195.5711; Bhutan is lowest, at 0.0115. The middle country reads 1.6929. Against 1970, 195 values changed (143 up, 52 down), 1 country joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1971

HighestSint Maarten

195.5711

LowestBhutan

0.0115

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, 1971, 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 196 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean195.5711
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean79.5277
3QatarQATWestern Asia69.6200
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia63.1798
5BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia54.4602
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe38.5947
7BahamasBHSCaribbean35.2292
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia31.3467
9New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia21.1174
10United StatesUSANorthern America20.7459
11EstoniaESTNorthern Europe18.3765
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe16.4937
13CanadaCANNorthern America16.0907
14Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia16.0462
15ArubaABWCaribbean13.7514
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.2372
17BahrainBHRWestern Asia13.1644
18KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13.1210
19NauruNRUMicronesia13.0044
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe12.5561
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.8159
22RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.6775
23AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.6263
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.4857
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe11.3555

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten195.5711
  2. 2Curaçao79.5277
  3. 3Qatar69.6200
  4. 4United Arab Emirates63.1798
  5. 5Brunei54.4602

Lowest

  1. 196Bhutan0.0115
  2. 195Rwanda0.0152
  3. 194Nepal0.0156
  4. 193Burundi0.0203
  5. 192Burkina Faso0.0263

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6929. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 195values changed, of 195 in both
  • 143 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Sint Maarten241.3177 → 195.5711−45.7466
  • Curaçao92.1751 → 79.5277−12.6474
  • Brunei60.7061 → 54.4602−6.2459
  • Libya15.5120 → 10.0432−5.4688
  • Aruba15.7551 → 13.7514−2.0037
+ Maldives

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 196 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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Global Carbon Project (1971). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1971

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