Per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia
Liberia: Per capita ghg excl land use was 0.6201 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.6201
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
178th
of 198 countries
All-time high
1.36
in 1980
All-time low
0.3291
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia stood at 0.6201.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia peaked at 1.36 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.3291, in 1850.
Liberia ranks 178th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.
Per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.3291 | — |
| 1851 | 0.3349 | +1.8% |
| 1852 | 0.3406 | +1.7% |
| 1853 | 0.3464 | +1.7% |
| 1854 | 0.3523 | +1.7% |
| 1855 | 0.3584 | +1.7% |
| 1856 | 0.3647 | +1.8% |
| 1857 | 0.3712 | +1.8% |
| 1858 | 0.378 | +1.8% |
| 1859 | 0.3848 | +1.8% |
| 1860 | 0.3919 | +1.8% |
| 1861 | 0.3992 | +1.9% |
| 1862 | 0.4066 | +1.9% |
| 1863 | 0.732 | +80.0% |
| 1864 | 0.7376 | +0.8% |
| 1865 | 0.7435 | +0.8% |
| 1866 | 0.7496 | +0.8% |
| 1867 | 0.756 | +0.9% |
| 1868 | 0.8024 | +6.1% |
| 1869 | 0.7975 | -0.6% |
| 1870 | 0.791 | -0.8% |
| 1871 | 0.7901 | -0.1% |
| 1872 | 0.7891 | -0.1% |
| 1873 | 0.7882 | -0.1% |
| 1874 | 0.7873 | -0.1% |
| 1875 | 0.7865 | -0.1% |
| 1876 | 0.8039 | +2.2% |
| 1877 | 0.8225 | +2.3% |
| 1878 | 0.8422 | +2.4% |
| 1879 | 0.8631 | +2.5% |
| 1880 | 0.8852 | +2.6% |
| 1881 | 0.8804 | -0.5% |
| 1882 | 0.8757 | -0.5% |
| 1883 | 0.871 | -0.5% |
| 1884 | 0.8662 | -0.5% |
| 1885 | 0.8834 | +2.0% |
| 1886 | 0.9014 | +2.0% |
| 1887 | 0.9203 | +2.1% |
| 1888 | 0.9402 | +2.2% |
| 1889 | 0.961 | +2.2% |
| 1890 | 0.9834 | +2.3% |
| 1891 | 1.01 | +2.3% |
| 1892 | 1.03 | +2.4% |
| 1893 | 1.06 | +2.5% |
| 1894 | 1.08 | +2.5% |
| 1895 | 1.11 | +2.6% |
| 1896 | 1.14 | +2.6% |
| 1897 | 1.17 | +2.7% |
| 1898 | 1.15 | -2.0% |
| 1899 | 1.12 | -2.0% |
| 1900 | 1.1 | -2.0% |
| 1901 | 1.09 | -1.1% |
| 1902 | 1.08 | -1.1% |
| 1903 | 1.06 | -1.1% |
| 1904 | 1.05 | -1.1% |
| 1905 | 1.04 | -1.1% |
| 1906 | 1.03 | -1.1% |
| 1907 | 1.02 | -1.1% |
| 1908 | 1.01 | -1.1% |
| 1909 | 0.9959 | -1.1% |
| 1910 | 0.9855 | -1.0% |
| 1911 | 0.9814 | -0.4% |
| 1912 | 0.9777 | -0.4% |
| 1913 | 0.9743 | -0.4% |
| 1914 | 0.9709 | -0.3% |
| 1915 | 0.9677 | -0.3% |
| 1916 | 0.9646 | -0.3% |
| 1917 | 0.9616 | -0.3% |
| 1918 | 0.9601 | -0.2% |
| 1919 | 0.957 | -0.3% |
| 1920 | 0.9523 | -0.5% |
| 1921 | 0.9405 | -1.2% |
| 1922 | 0.927 | -1.4% |
| 1923 | 0.9119 | -1.6% |
| 1924 | 0.8967 | -1.7% |
| 1925 | 0.8815 | -1.7% |
| 1926 | 0.8664 | -1.7% |
| 1927 | 0.8513 | -1.7% |
| 1928 | 0.8362 | -1.8% |
| 1929 | 0.8213 | -1.8% |
| 1930 | 0.8065 | -1.8% |
| 1931 | 0.7932 | -1.7% |
| 1932 | 0.78 | -1.7% |
| 1933 | 0.7669 | -1.7% |
| 1934 | 0.7538 | -1.7% |
| 1935 | 0.7407 | -1.7% |
| 1936 | 0.7275 | -1.8% |
| 1937 | 0.7143 | -1.8% |
| 1938 | 0.701 | -1.9% |
| 1939 | 0.6871 | -2.0% |
| 1940 | 0.6726 | -2.1% |
| 1941 | 0.6594 | -2.0% |
| 1942 | 0.6458 | -2.1% |
| 1943 | 0.6317 | -2.2% |
| 1944 | 0.6177 | -2.2% |
| 1945 | 0.594 | -3.8% |
| 1946 | 0.5707 | -3.9% |
| 1947 | 0.548 | -4.0% |
| 1948 | 0.5307 | -3.1% |
| 1949 | 0.5129 | -3.4% |
| 1950 | 0.5449 | +6.2% |
| 1951 | 0.5252 | -3.6% |
| 1952 | 0.5213 | -0.7% |
| 1953 | 0.5099 | -2.2% |
| 1954 | 0.5393 | +5.8% |
| 1955 | 0.48 | -11.0% |
| 1956 | 0.4545 | -5.3% |
| 1957 | 0.4744 | +4.4% |
| 1958 | 0.5303 | +11.8% |
| 1959 | 0.497 | -6.3% |
| 1960 | 0.4996 | +0.5% |
| 1961 | 0.4793 | -4.1% |
| 1962 | 0.5391 | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 0.6043 | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 0.6861 | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 0.7206 | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 0.739 | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.7156 | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 0.8875 | +24.0% |
| 1969 | 1.13 | +27.6% |
| 1970 | 1.25 | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 1.28 | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 1.24 | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 1.2 | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 1.3 | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 1.13 | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 1.09 | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 1.13 | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 1.12 | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1.34 | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 1.36 | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 1.25 | -8.0% |
| 1982 | 0.5884 | -53.1% |
| 1983 | 0.6018 | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.5935 | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5908 | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.6241 | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 0.6255 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.6712 | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 0.6021 | -10.3% |
| 1990 | 0.7035 | +16.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7417 | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 0.6608 | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 0.6151 | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 0.6034 | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6064 | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.6193 | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6133 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6146 | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6109 | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.6479 | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 0.6321 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.6398 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6584 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6967 | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7263 | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 0.753 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6824 | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6486 | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6637 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6895 | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 0.7001 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.7078 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.6909 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6614 | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6508 | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6194 | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6148 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5963 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6719 | +12.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6367 | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6228 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.6394 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.6228 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 0.6201 | -0.4% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 0.6201 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.5093, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 0.6201 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7374, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1863 | +80.0% | 0.4066 | 0.732 |
| 1982 | -53.1% | 1.25 | 0.5884 |
| 1969 | +27.6% | 0.8875 | 1.13 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.356 | 0.3291 | 0.3848 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6516 | 0.3919 | 0.8024 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.8064 | 0.7865 | 0.8631 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.8985 | 0.8662 | 0.961 | 10 |
| 1890s | 1.08 | 0.9834 | 1.17 | 10 |
| 1900s | 1.05 | 0.9959 | 1.1 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.9701 | 0.957 | 0.9855 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.8885 | 0.8213 | 0.9523 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.7471 | 0.6871 | 0.8065 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.5984 | 0.5129 | 0.6726 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.5077 | 0.4545 | 0.5449 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.7004 | 0.4793 | 1.13 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.21 | 1.09 | 1.34 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7515 | 0.5884 | 1.36 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6389 | 0.6034 | 0.7417 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6749 | 0.6321 | 0.753 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6603 | 0.5963 | 0.7078 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6284 | 0.6201 | 0.6394 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 175 Solomon Islands 0.665 compare
- 176 Eritrea 0.6461 compare
- 177 Guinea 0.6324 compare
- 179 Central African Republic 0.6121 compare
- 180 Tanzania 0.581 compare
- 181 Guinea-Bissau 0.569 compare
More climate change data for Liberia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 15.43 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 443.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 238.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 205.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.8992 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 306.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 166.13 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 140.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.6269 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia?
- Per capita ghg excl land use in Liberia was 0.6201 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita ghg excl land use recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 in 1980.
- What is the lowest per capita ghg excl land use recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3291 in 1850.
- How does Liberia rank for per capita ghg excl land use?
- Liberia ranks 178th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita ghg excl land use rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita ghg excl land use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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