Guyana vs Libya: Per capita methane emissions

Guyana
4.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Libya
3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Guyana rank
10th
Libya rank
12th

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Guyana
  • Libya
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How they compare

Guyana currently reports 4.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Libya, a difference of 0.8868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Guyana's figure about 1.2 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 10th 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.