Liberia vs Rwanda: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Liberia

0.1531 tonnes per person

in 2024

Rwanda

0.1426 tonnes per person

in 2024

Liberia rank

201st

Rwanda rank

202nd

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Liberia
Rwanda

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 0.1531 tonnes per person against 0.1426 tonnes per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0105 tonnes per person.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

Across all 75 years both countries report, Liberia has been ahead every year.

Liberia ranks 201st and Rwanda ranks 202nd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.