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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980

Figures for 1980, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980 covers 197 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 78.6177; Burundi is lowest, at 0.0334. The middle country reads 2.0001. Against 1979, 197 values changed (100 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1980

HighestSint Maarten

78.6177

LowestBurundi

0.0334

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean78.6177
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean55.9523
3QatarQATWestern Asia47.4280
4BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia36.9528
5United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia36.2896
6BahamasBHSCaribbean34.2807
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe30.4565
8Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia27.9818
9EstoniaESTNorthern Europe23.8456
10BahrainBHRWestern Asia21.9547
11United StatesUSANorthern America20.5788
12CanadaCANNorthern America18.0503
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe17.9741
14KuwaitKWTWestern Asia16.3768
15NauruNRUMicronesia16.2866
16RussiaRUSEastern Europe15.3736
17KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia15.1959
18Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean15.0828
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.0445
20AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.8826
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.7125
22UkraineUKREastern Europe13.4991
23New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia13.3403
24PolandPOLEastern Europe13.0236
25SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia12.4854

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten78.6177
  2. 2Curaçao55.9523
  3. 3Qatar47.4280
  4. 4Brunei36.9528
  5. 5United Arab Emirates36.2896

Lowest

  1. 197Burundi0.0334
  2. 196Nepal0.0348
  3. 195Central African Republic0.0434
  4. 194Chad0.0463
  5. 193Uganda0.0474

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.0001. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 100 · 97rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 (1980). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1980

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980?

Sint Maarten, at 78.6177, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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