Kyrgyzstan vs Liberia: Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region
Kyrgyzstan
22.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Liberia
24.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kyrgyzstan rank
124th
Liberia rank
123rd
Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region over time
- Kyrgyzstan
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 24.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 22.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 1.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Kyrgyzstan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Liberia ahead.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 124th and Liberia ranks 123rd of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 8 and Liberia in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kyrgyzstan | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 3.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 11.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 1860s | 3.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.14 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 1870s | 3.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 673,161 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1880s | 3.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 957,681 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1890s | 4.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1900s | 4.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 66,956 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 1910s | 5.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 239,948 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 1920s | 5.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 1930s | 6.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 9.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 1940s | 8.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 30.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 21.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 1950s | 17.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 14.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1960s | 22.14 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 16.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1970s | 27.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 6.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 21.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1980s | 31.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 24.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1990s | 19.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 12.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2000s | 14.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 23.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 2010s | 19.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 28.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 9.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
| 2020s | 21.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 23.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region, Kyrgyzstan or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 24.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 22.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kyrgyzstan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region between Kyrgyzstan and Liberia?
- 1.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Liberia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kyrgyzstan and Liberia rank globally for annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 124th and Liberia ranks 123rd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.