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Libya vs South Africa: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Libya
0.6449 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
South Africa
0.5926 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Libya rank
6th
South Africa rank
9th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Libya
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 0.6449 kilograms per international-$ against 0.5926 kilograms per international-$ in South Africa, a difference of 0.0523 kilograms per international-$.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Africa ahead.

Libya ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 9th of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).