Libya vs Papua New Guinea: Nitrous oxide emissions

Libya
1.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Libya rank
121st
Papua New Guinea rank
122nd

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Libya
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 1.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 71,600 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 121st and Papua New Guinea ranks 122nd of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.