Libya vs Singapore: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Libya

8.84 tonnes per person

in 2024

Singapore

9.24 tonnes per person

in 2024

Libya rank

29th

Singapore rank

28th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Libya
Singapore

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 9.24 tonnes per person against 8.84 tonnes per person in Libya, a difference of 0.4032 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Singapore ahead.

Libya ranks 29th and Singapore ranks 28th 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.