# CO₂ emissions per capita: Libya

8.841596 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/co2-per-capita) · [All countries and regions](/co2-per-capita).

## Every year

| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 8.841596 |
| 2023 | 8.79032 |
| 2022 | 8.163843 |
| 2021 | 7.8922286 |
| 2020 | 5.1254168 |
| 2019 | 10.6139965 |
| 2018 | 9.146443 |
| 2017 | 9.956155 |
| 2016 | 8.651652 |
| 2015 | 9.318403 |
| 2014 | 10.634143 |
| 2013 | 8.143835 |
| 2012 | 9.969773 |
| 2011 | 8.440869 |
| 2010 | 9.10271 |
| 2009 | 8.108886 |
| 2008 | 7.970455 |
| 2007 | 7.2721353 |
| 2006 | 8.603376 |
| 2005 | 9.555808 |
| 2004 | 9.910548 |
| 2003 | 9.873042 |
| 2002 | 9.535416 |
| 2001 | 9.829229 |
| 2000 | 10.035502 |
| 1999 | 9.631955 |
| 1998 | 10.047762 |
| 1997 | 10.223617 |
| 1996 | 10.817645 |
| 1995 | 11.126412 |
| 1994 | 10.651084 |
| 1993 | 8.1783 |
| 1992 | 7.9787817 |
| 1991 | 9.378534 |
| 1990 | 8.214126 |
| 1989 | 8.5353775 |
| 1988 | 8.532902 |
| 1987 | 7.8329964 |
| 1986 | 8.437165 |
| 1985 | 7.951833 |
| 1984 | 7.4930882 |
| 1983 | 8.106022 |
| 1982 | 8.205899 |
| 1981 | 7.9160733 |
| 1980 | 7.8205676 |
| 1979 | 8.01719 |
| 1978 | 6.9304376 |
| 1977 | 7.009533 |
| 1976 | 6.5734096 |
| 1975 | 4.4985933 |
| 1974 | 3.8391192 |
| 1973 | 6.298101 |
| 1972 | 6.837062 |
| 1971 | 10.04315 |
| 1970 | 15.511932 |
| 1969 | 17.635069 |
| 1968 | 15.421234 |
| 1967 | 9.741955 |
| 1966 | 1.4207648 |
| 1965 | 0.5625937 |
| 1964 | 0.37816447 |
| 1963 | 0.86481655 |
| 1962 | 0.6460726 |
| 1961 | 0.76779693 |
| 1960 | 0.46386272 |
| 1959 | 0.30150807 |
| 1958 | 0.2550337 |
| 1957 | 0.23436666 |
| 1956 | 0.25703022 |
| 1955 | 0.3453293 |
| 1954 | 0.24867757 |
| 1953 | 0.21055692 |
| 1952 | 0.14183469 |
| 1951 | 0.14715001 |
| 1950 | 0.12629223 |

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