Bahrain vs Libya: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Bahrain
0.6436 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Libya
0.6449 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Bahrain rank
7th
Libya rank
6th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Bahrain
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 0.6449 kilograms per international-$ against 0.6436 kilograms per international-$ in Bahrain, a difference of 0.0013 kilograms per international-$.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 7th and Libya ranks 6th of 164 countries.
Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.36 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3126 kilograms per international-$ | 2.04 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 1.31 kilograms per international-$ | 1.02 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2843 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 3.04 kilograms per international-$ | 1.11 kilograms per international-$ | 1.93 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 3.45 kilograms per international-$ | 1.53 kilograms per international-$ | 1.92 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 2.6 kilograms per international-$ | 1.48 kilograms per international-$ | 1.12 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 1.17 kilograms per international-$ | 0.6516 kilograms per international-$ | 0.5199 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 0.6321 kilograms per international-$ | 0.5521 kilograms per international-$ | 0.08 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
| 2020s | 0.656 kilograms per international-$ | 0.5412 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1147 kilograms per international-$ | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp, Bahrain or Libya?
- Libya, at 0.6449 kilograms per international-$ against 0.6436 kilograms per international-$ in Bahrain as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between Bahrain and Libya?
- 0.0013 kilograms per international-$, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Libya?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
- How do Bahrain and Libya rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Bahrain ranks 7th and Libya ranks 6th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).