Data for 1977
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977
Figures for 1977, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977 covers 197 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 102.3911; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.0084. The middle country reads 1.9390. Against 1976, 197 values changed (132 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.
CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1977
HighestSint Maarten
102.3911LowestCambodia
0.0084Shaded 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, 1977, 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
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SXMCaribbean | 102.3911 |
| 2 | CUWCaribbean | 61.1277 |
| 3 | AREWestern Asia | 54.5656 |
| 4 | BHSCaribbean | 44.2999 |
| 5 | QATWestern Asia | 44.0218 |
| 6 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 37.7489 |
| 7 | LUXWestern Europe | 30.5869 |
| 8 | BHRWestern Asia | 23.8588 |
| 9 | SAUWestern Asia | 23.2279 |
| 10 | ESTNorthern Europe | 22.4566 |
| 11 | USANorthern America | 21.2735 |
| 12 | CZEEastern Europe | 18.3069 |
| 13 | CANNorthern America | 17.1844 |
| 14 | NRUMicronesia | 15.8570 |
| 15 | TTOCaribbean | 14.9683 |
| 16 | KAZCentral Asia | 14.8317 |
| 17 | NCLMelanesia | 14.7924 |
| 18 | GRLNorthern America | 14.5072 |
| 19 | RUSEastern Europe | 14.4468 |
| 20 | KWTWestern Asia | 13.6756 |
| 21 | DEUWestern Europe | 13.4617 |
| 22 | BELWestern Europe | 12.9117 |
| 23 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 12.8076 |
| 24 | UKREastern Europe | 12.6100 |
| 25 | SVKEastern Europe | 12.2893 |
| 26 | DNKNorthern Europe | 12.1388 |
| 27 | POLEastern Europe | 12.0699 |
| 28 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 11.8428 |
| 29 | NLDWestern Europe | 11.7971 |
| 30 | GBRNorthern Europe | 10.7585 |
| 31 | FINNorthern Europe | 10.5806 |
| 32 | SWENorthern Europe | 10.3906 |
| 33 | TKMCentral Asia | 10.3803 |
| 34 | ABWCaribbean | 10.3520 |
| 35 | LTUNorthern Europe | 10.0565 |
| 36 | OMNWestern Asia | 9.9384 |
| 37 | FRONorthern Europe | 9.8077 |
| 38 | FRAWestern Europe | 9.6108 |
| 39 | BLREastern Europe | 9.5143 |
| 40 | GABMiddle Africa | 9.0874 |
| 41 | LVANorthern Europe | 8.6857 |
| 42 | BGREastern Europe | 8.6086 |
| 43 | ISLNorthern Europe | 8.5770 |
| 44 | MDAEastern Europe | 8.5514 |
| 45 | BMUNorthern America | 8.5206 |
| 46 | NORNorthern Europe | 8.2383 |
| 47 | ROUEastern Europe | 8.1950 |
| 48 | JPNEastern Asia | 8.0948 |
| 49 | HUNEastern Europe | 7.8202 |
| 50 | AUTWestern Europe | 7.4023 |
| 51 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 7.3653 |
| 52 | ATGCaribbean | 7.2865 |
| 53 | AZEWestern Asia | 7.2122 |
| 54 | IRLNorthern Europe | 7.1894 |
| 55 | LBYNorthern Africa | 7.0096 |
| 56 | CHEWestern Europe | 6.5321 |
| 57 | PRKEastern Asia | 6.4978 |
| 58 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 6.4690 |
| 59 | ITASouthern Europe | 6.3614 |
| 60 | LIEWestern Europe | 6.3521 |
| 61 | SVNSouthern Europe | 6.1305 |
| 62 | UZBCentral Asia | 5.7606 |
| 63 | ISRWestern Asia | 5.6805 |
| 64 | ESPSouthern Europe | 5.3303 |
| 65 | KGZCentral Asia | 5.2216 |
| 66 | SRBSouthern Europe | 5.2137 |
| 67 | GRCSouthern Europe | 5.0266 |
| 68 | SURSouth America | 4.9281 |
| 69 | IRNSouthern Asia | 4.5586 |
| 70 | VENSouth America | 4.5448 |
| 71 | MKDSouthern Europe | 4.1043 |
| 72 | CYPWestern Asia | 4.0475 |
| 73 | ARGSouth America | 3.7724 |
| 74 | JAMCaribbean | 3.5935 |
| 75 | TWNEastern Asia | 3.5916 |
| 76 | IRQWestern Asia | 3.5403 |
| 77 | BIHSouthern Europe | 3.4215 |
| 78 | HRVSouthern Europe | 3.2666 |
| 79 | MNGEastern Asia | 3.1472 |
| 80 | MEXCentral America | 3.0869 |
| 81 | HKGEastern Asia | 3.0543 |
| 82 | CUBCaribbean | 3.0445 |
| 83 | TJKCentral Asia | 2.9074 |
| 84 | KOREastern Asia | 2.8624 |
| 85 | VGBCaribbean | 2.7141 |
| 86 | MNESouthern Europe | 2.7077 |
| 87 | PANCentral America | 2.5140 |
| 88 | GUYSouth America | 2.5017 |
| 89 | DZANorthern Africa | 2.4538 |
| 90 | ARMWestern Asia | 2.4487 |
| 91 | PRTSouthern Europe | 2.3951 |
| 92 | MLTSouthern Europe | 2.3799 |
| 93 | GEOWestern Asia | 2.3585 |
| 94 | BRBCaribbean | 2.3444 |
| 95 | MSRCaribbean | 2.2431 |
| 96 | ALBSouthern Europe | 2.2276 |
| 97 | CHLSouth America | 2.0914 |
| 98 | LBNWestern Asia | 1.9497 |
| 99 | URYSouth America | 1.9390 |
| 100 | PYFPolynesia | 1.9310 |
| 101 | TURWestern Asia | 1.8984 |
| 102 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 1.8795 |
| 103 | SYRWestern Asia | 1.8100 |
| 104 | COKPolynesia | 1.6366 |
| 105 | COLSouth America | 1.6088 |
| 106 | JORWestern Asia | 1.5645 |
| 107 | BLZCentral America | 1.4560 |
| 108 | PERSouth America | 1.4461 |
| 109 | ZWEEastern Africa | 1.4396 |
| 110 | BRASouth America | 1.4380 |
| 111 | CHNEastern Asia | 1.4209 |
| 112 | MACEastern Asia | 1.3293 |
| 113 | SYCEastern Africa | 1.3146 |
| 114 | FJIMelanesia | 1.2791 |
| 115 | CRICentral America | 1.1823 |
| 116 | TUNNorthern Africa | 1.1077 |
| 117 | DOMCaribbean | 1.0532 |
| 118 | ECUSouth America | 0.9930 |
| 119 | BWASouthern Africa | 0.9761 |
| 120 | NIUPolynesia | 0.9527 |
| 121 | NICCentral America | 0.9467 |
| 122 | EGYNorthern Africa | 0.9231 |
| 123 | KNACaribbean | 0.8451 |
| 124 | LBRWestern Africa | 0.8332 |
| 125 | BOLSouth America | 0.8320 |
| 126 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.8264 |
| 127 | DJIEastern Africa | 0.7771 |
| 128 | NGAWestern Africa | 0.7506 |
| 129 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 0.7440 |
| 130 | ZMBEastern Africa | 0.7044 |
| 131 | MUSEastern Africa | 0.7030 |
| 132 | MARNorthern Africa | 0.7008 |
| 133 | SWZSouthern Africa | 0.6306 |
| 134 | LCACaribbean | 0.6099 |
| 135 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.5949 |
| 136 | GTMCentral America | 0.5942 |
| 137 | HNDCentral America | 0.5865 |
| 138 | CIVWestern Africa | 0.5535 |
| 139 | PNGMelanesia | 0.5371 |
| 140 | SLVCentral America | 0.5304 |
| 141 | GRDCaribbean | 0.4910 |
| 142 | AGOMiddle Africa | 0.4820 |
| 143 | VUTMelanesia | 0.4811 |
| 144 | WSMPolynesia | 0.4587 |
| 145 | MRTWestern Africa | 0.4114 |
| 146 | SENWestern Africa | 0.4113 |
| 147 | PRYSouth America | 0.4073 |
| 148 | INDSouthern Asia | 0.4041 |
| 149 | SLBMelanesia | 0.3759 |
| 150 | KIRMicronesia | 0.3648 |
| 151 | DMACaribbean | 0.3542 |
| 152 | KENEastern Africa | 0.3494 |
| 153 | YEMWestern Asia | 0.3444 |
| 154 | PAKSouthern Asia | 0.3291 |
| 155 | VCTCaribbean | 0.3233 |
| 156 | STPMiddle Africa | 0.3210 |
| 157 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.3114 |
| 158 | TONPolynesia | 0.3030 |
| 159 | COGMiddle Africa | 0.2811 |
| 160 | MOZEastern Africa | 0.2647 |
| 161 | CPVWestern Africa | 0.2577 |
| 162 | GHAWestern Africa | 0.2471 |
| 163 | SDNNorthern Africa | 0.2317 |
| 164 | GNQMiddle Africa | 0.2250 |
| 165 | LKASouthern Asia | 0.2061 |
| 166 | CMRMiddle Africa | 0.2000 |
| 167 | GINWestern Africa | 0.1877 |
| 168 | AFGSouthern Asia | 0.1787 |
| 169 | SOMEastern Africa | 0.1781 |
| 170 | GMBWestern Africa | 0.1759 |
| 171 | TGOWestern Africa | 0.1709 |
| 172 | SLEWestern Africa | 0.1663 |
| 173 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.1647 |
| 174 | CODMiddle Africa | 0.1435 |
| 175 | GNBWestern Africa | 0.1383 |
| 176 | HTICaribbean | 0.1328 |
| 177 | COMEastern Africa | 0.1310 |
| 178 | TZAEastern Africa | 0.1157 |
| 179 | MWIEastern Africa | 0.1134 |
| 180 | MDGEastern Africa | 0.1028 |
| 181 | MDVSouthern Asia | 0.0965 |
| 182 | BENWestern Africa | 0.0819 |
| 183 | SSDEastern Africa | 0.0761 |
| 184 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.0740 |
| 185 | BGDSouthern Asia | 0.0707 |
| 186 | UGAEastern Africa | 0.0649 |
| 187 | NERWestern Africa | 0.0646 |
| 188 | MLIWestern Africa | 0.0583 |
| 189 | RWAEastern Africa | 0.0547 |
| 190 | CAFMiddle Africa | 0.0540 |
| 191 | TCDMiddle Africa | 0.0457 |
| 192 | BFAWestern Africa | 0.0388 |
| 193 | ETHEastern Africa | 0.0316 |
| 194 | BDIEastern Africa | 0.0248 |
| 195 | NPLSouthern Asia | 0.0232 |
| 196 | BTNSouthern Asia | 0.0187 |
| 197 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.0084 |
02In 1977
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Sint Maarten102.3911
- 2
Curaçao61.1277
- 3
United Arab Emirates54.5656
- 4
Bahamas44.2999
- 5
Qatar44.0218
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.9390. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031976 → 1977
Since 1976
What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 197values changed, of 197 in both
- 132 · 65rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Bahamas30.1037 → 44.2999+14.1961
Greenland4.4331 → 14.5072+10.0742
Saudi Arabia21.1022 → 23.2279+2.1257
Bahrain22.0556 → 23.8588+1.8031
Faroe Islands8.0390 → 9.8077+1.7687
Fell most
Sint Maarten209.1103 → 102.3911−106.7192
Curaçao117.2948 → 61.1277−56.1671
United Arab Emirates64.3287 → 54.5656−9.7631
Aruba19.8973 → 10.3520−9.5453
Qatar49.6317 → 44.0218−5.6099
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
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Every one of the 197 countries has every column.
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Global Carbon Project (1977). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1977
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07Questions
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977: questions and answers
Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977?
Sint Maarten, at 102.3911, of the 197 countries in the file.
What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977 describe?
1977.
How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977 cover?
197.
Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977?
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Is CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977 the newest?
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