Libya vs Mauritania: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Libya

265.01 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Mauritania

266.23 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Libya rank

34th

Mauritania rank

32nd

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

Libya
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 266.23 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 265.01 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Libya, a difference of 1.21 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Mauritania ahead.

Libya ranks 34th and Mauritania ranks 32nd of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
Unit: grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.