Cote d'Ivoire vs Liberia: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Cote d'Ivoire
4.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Liberia
4.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire rank
113th
Liberia rank
114th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Liberia
How they compare
Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 4.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 4.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Liberia, a difference of 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 113th and Liberia ranks 114th of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 9 and Liberia in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cote d'Ivoire | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 117.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 33.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 84.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1860s | 23.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 12.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1870s | 3.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 1880s | 2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 1890s | 0.7282 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 1900s | -1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 1910s | -1.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 1920s | 10.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 13.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 1930s | 14.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 13.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1940s | 10.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 36.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 25.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 1950s | 27.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 14.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 12.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1960s | 15.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 13.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 10.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 5.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5575 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 3.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 2010s | 5.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.305 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Liberia |
| 2020s | 4.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0571 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Cote d'Ivoire |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, Cote d'Ivoire or Liberia?
- Cote d'Ivoire, at 4.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 4.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions between Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia?
- 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 113th and Liberia ranks 114th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.