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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974

Figures for 1974, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974 covers 197 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 154.65813; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.00702. The middle country reads 1.70028. Against 1973, 197 values changed (105 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1974

HighestSint Maarten

154.65813

LowestCambodia

0.00702

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, 1974, 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 197 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean154.65813
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean76.28531
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia63.99997
4QatarQATWestern Asia59.07993
5BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia53.57174
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe41.05487
7BahamasBHSCaribbean35.93883
8Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia22.82825
9United StatesUSANorthern America21.22967
10New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia21.15379
11EstoniaESTNorthern Europe20.38467
12BahrainBHRWestern Asia20.07425
13KuwaitKWTWestern Asia18.59883
14CanadaCANNorthern America17.07107
15CzechiaCZEEastern Europe16.65925
16NauruNRUMicronesia14.28976
17KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia14.05284
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.86159
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.45007
20ArubaABWCaribbean13.10797
21RussiaRUSEastern Europe13.06598
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12.11289
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11.79887
24GreenlandGRLNorthern America11.45424
25UkraineUKREastern Europe11.34824

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten154.65813
  2. 2Curaçao76.28531
  3. 3United Arab Emirates63.99997
  4. 4Qatar59.07993
  5. 5Brunei53.57174

Lowest

  1. 197Cambodia0.00702
  2. 196Bhutan0.01036
  3. 195Rwanda0.01638
  4. 194Burundi0.02473
  5. 193Maldives0.02636

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.70028. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 105 · 92rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Sint Maarten183.02215 → 154.65813−28.36401
  • Qatar76.97174 → 59.07993−17.89181
  • Brunei67.67643 → 53.57174−14.10469
  • Curaçao84.48934 → 76.28531−8.20403
  • Kuwait24.77636 → 18.59883−6.17752

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.

How values are stored

  • The position is ours

    Global Carbon Project publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 197 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 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Global Carbon Project (1974). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1974

0675 held

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974?

Sint Maarten, at 154.65813, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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