Iraq vs Libya: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas

Iraq

559.43 million tonnes

in 2024

Libya

531.33 million tonnes

in 2024

Iraq rank

50th

Libya rank

52nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time

Iraq currently reports 559.43 million tonnes against 531.33 million tonnes in Libya, a difference of 28.10 million tonnes.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 50th and Libya ranks 52nd of 146 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
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: 146 places, 14,474 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.