Libya
CO₂ per person in Libya
CO₂ per person in Libya: 19.22 tonnes in 1970 and 8.67 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 8.67 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −10.56 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 23 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 19.22 tonnes in 1970, the lowest 5.54 tonnes in 1974.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.67 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 8.65 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 8.05 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 8.18 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 6.49 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.27 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 8.36 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 8.22 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 7.71 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 8.34 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 9.62 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 9.93 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 10.17 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 6.97 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 9.8 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 9.47 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 9.16 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 8.8 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 9.61 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 9.85 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 9.28 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 9.57 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 9.06 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 9.02 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 9.29 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 9.15 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 9.03 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 9.26 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 10.15 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 9.81 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 8.81 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 7.71 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 7.38 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 7.23 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 7.34 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 6.63 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 6.96 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 6.79 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 7.13 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 6.46 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 7.29 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 7.27 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 7.68 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 7.06 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 8.33 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 8.54 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 8.11 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 8.01 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 7.86 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 6.5 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 5.54 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 8.58 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 9.52 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 13.06 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 19.22 | 4.15 |
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
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- Military spending3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per person$216 in 2023
- Military share of state spending5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2016