Australia vs Libya: Per capita methane emissions

Australia
5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Libya
3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Australia rank
9th
Libya rank
12th

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Libya
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Libya, a difference of 1.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 9th and Libya ranks 12th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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