Libya vs Zambia: Greenhouse gas emissions

Libya

94.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Zambia

99.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Libya rank

61st

Zambia rank

59th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

Libya
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 99.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 94.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Libya, a difference of 4.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Zambia ahead.

Libya ranks 61st and Zambia ranks 59th of 199 countries.

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Greenhouse gas emissions in Libya
Greenhouse gas emissions in Zambia
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.