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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991

Figures for 1991, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991 covers 204 countries. Qatar is highest, at 38.2853; Burundi is lowest, at 0.0418. The middle country reads 2.4175. Against 1990, 203 values changed (91 up, 112 down), 1 country joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1991

HighestQatar

38.2853

LowestBurundi

0.0418

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, 1991, 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 204 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia38.2853
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe32.1093
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia28.3539
4BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia25.9944
5CuraçaoCUWCaribbean24.6356
6Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia21.9102
7EstoniaESTNorthern Europe21.8064
8BahrainBHRWestern Asia21.3005
9United StatesUSANorthern America19.7933
10RussiaRUSEastern Europe16.1102
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16.1029
12CanadaCANNorthern America15.9738
13KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia15.0719
14CzechiaCZEEastern Europe14.4488
15Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean14.1865
16SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia14.1044
17Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe14.0875
18Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean13.4406
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe12.6636
20NauruNRUMicronesia12.6473
21DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe12.4370
22BelgiumBELWestern Europe12.3409
23UkraineUKREastern Europe12.1369
24NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11.3143
25KuwaitKWTWestern Asia11.1400

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar38.2853
  2. 2Luxembourg32.1093
  3. 3United Arab Emirates28.3539
  4. 4Brunei25.9944
  5. 5Curaçao24.6356

Lowest

  1. 204Burundi0.0418
  2. 203Uganda0.0432
  3. 202Mali0.0455
  4. 201Nepal0.0512
  5. 200Ethiopia0.0595

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.4175. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 203values changed, of 203 in both
  • 91 · 112rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Namibia

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 204 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 (1991). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1991

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991?

Qatar, at 38.2853, of the 204 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991 cover?

204.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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