Libya vs Sierra Leone: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Libya
1.13 million tonnes
in 2008
Sierra Leone
864,211 tonnes
in 2004
Libya rank
134th
Sierra Leone rank
137th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

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How they compare

Libya currently reports 1.13 million tonnes against 864,211 tonnes in Sierra Leone, a difference of 262,349 tonnes.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.3 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Libya ranks 134th and Sierra Leone ranks 137th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.