Algeria vs Libya
Algeria vs Libya: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 3.98 tonnes in Algeria and 8.67 tonnes in Libya, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Libya, by 4.68 tonnes, or 2.18 times that in Algeria.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Algeria ranked 71 and Libya ranked 23 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Algeria | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.98 | 8.67 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.13 | 8.65 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.16 | 8.05 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.05 | 8.18 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 6.49 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 8.27 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.11 | 8.36 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 3.99 | 8.22 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 3.94 | 7.71 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 4.11 | 8.34 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 3.95 | 9.62 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 3.79 | 9.93 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 3.73 | 10.17 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 3.38 | 6.97 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 3.28 | 9.8 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 3.27 | 9.47 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 3.27 | 9.16 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 3.19 | 8.8 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 3.14 | 9.61 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 3.06 | 9.85 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 2.96 | 9.28 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3 | 9.57 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 2.83 | 9.06 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 2.74 | 9.02 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.85 | 9.29 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 2.79 | 9.15 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2.71 | 9.03 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 2.69 | 9.26 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.81 | 10.15 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.94 | 9.81 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 2.91 | 8.81 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 3.04 | 7.71 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 3.18 | 7.38 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 2.89 | 7.23 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 2.84 | 7.34 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 2.96 | 6.63 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.03 | 6.96 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.08 | 6.79 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.3 | 7.13 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.26 | 6.46 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 2.93 | 7.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 2.88 | 7.27 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 2.86 | 7.68 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.81 | 7.06 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 3.07 | 8.33 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 3.18 | 8.54 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.28 | 8.11 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 3.07 | 8.01 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 2.87 | 7.86 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 2.32 | 6.5 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.64 | 5.54 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 3.2 | 8.58 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 2.44 | 9.52 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.63 | 13.06 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.43 | 19.22 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Libya: 87.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Libya: $1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Libya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Libya: 0 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Libya: 0 TIV in 2016