Australia vs Libya: Per capita CO₂ emissions by sector

Australia

489.58 kilograms per person

in 2023

Libya

453.07 kilograms per person

in 2023

Australia rank

40th

Libya rank

43rd

Per capita CO₂ emissions by sector over time

Australia currently reports 489.58 kilograms per person against 453.07 kilograms per person in Libya, a difference of 36.51 kilograms per person.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Libya ahead.

Australia ranks 40th and Libya ranks 43rd of 187 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by sector
Unit: kilograms per person
Source: Climate Watch (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 6,310 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Emissions are measured in kilograms per person.