Kenya vs Libya: Greenhouse gas emissions

Kenya

99.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Libya

94.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Kenya rank

58th

Libya rank

61st

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

Kenya
Libya

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 99.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 94.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Libya, a difference of 4.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 58th and Libya ranks 61st of 199 countries.

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Greenhouse gas emissions in Kenya
Greenhouse gas emissions in Libya
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Greenhouse gas 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: 199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.