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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985

Figures for 1985, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985 covers 197 countries. Curaçao is highest, at 89.48639; Chad is lowest, at 0.03523. The middle country reads 2.33270. Against 1984, 197 values changed (126 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1985

HighestCuraçao

89.48639

LowestChad

0.03523

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1CuraçaoCUWCaribbean89.48639
2Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean80.90620
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia36.16207
4QatarQATWestern Asia33.86076
5EstoniaESTNorthern Europe25.46517
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe25.20177
7BahrainBHRWestern Asia23.66848
8Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia21.14799
9United StatesUSANorthern America18.59974
10CzechiaCZEEastern Europe17.91658
11Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean17.45183
12RussiaRUSEastern Europe16.36503
13CanadaCANNorthern America16.26561
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia15.79119
15KuwaitKWTWestern Asia15.37286
16ArubaABWCaribbean14.71123
17NauruNRUMicronesia14.56859
18UkraineUKREastern Europe14.55079
19AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand14.18041
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.40697
21PolandPOLEastern Europe11.94896
22BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia11.84964
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia11.84524
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.72969
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe11.48615

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Curaçao89.48639
  2. 2Sint Maarten80.90620
  3. 3United Arab Emirates36.16207
  4. 4Qatar33.86076
  5. 5Estonia25.46517

Lowest

  1. 197Chad0.03523
  2. 196Nepal0.03868
  3. 195Uganda0.04106
  4. 194Ethiopia0.04515
  5. 193Burundi0.04585

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.33270. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 126 · 71rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar35.40317 → 33.86076−1.54241
  • Bahamas7.44982 → 5.96304−1.48678
  • Greenland10.79470 → 9.57125−1.22345
  • Iceland7.55632 → 6.72171−0.83461
  • Malta3.88819 → 3.39831−0.48988

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 (1985). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1985

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985?

Curaçao, at 89.48639, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985 cover?

197.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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