Libya vs New Zealand: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Libya
1.04 million tonnes
in 2024
New Zealand
919,618 tonnes
in 2024
Libya rank
37th
New Zealand rank
40th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Libya
  • New Zealand
-40.0M-20.0M020.0M175118872024

How they compare

Libya currently reports 1.04 million tonnes against 919,618 tonnes in New Zealand, a difference of 121,372 tonnes.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 38 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 37th and New Zealand ranks 40th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
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Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.