Liberia Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
4.459.909
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1,07%
increase
Global Share
0,01%
Per Capita
0,79
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in Liberia were 4.459.909 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 1,07% over the previous year, representing an increase by 47.357 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 4.412.552 tons.
- Per capita: 0,79 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- Liberia accounts for 0,01% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.459.909 | 867.112 | 3.128.389 | 459.334 | 5.073 | 0,79 | 1,07% | 0,0084% |
| 2023 | 4.412.552 | 839.526 | 3.114.705 | 453.249 | 5.073 | 0,8 | 1,03% | 0,0084% |
| 2022 | 4.367.675 | 868.619 | 3.049.979 | 444.004 | 5.073 | 0,81 | 3,74% | 0,0084% |
| 2021 | 4.210.309 | 840.826 | 2.937.381 | 427.030 | 5.073 | 0,8 | 0% | 0,0082% |
| 2020 | 4.210.455 | 834.835 | 2.943.193 | 427.355 | 5.073 | 0,82 | −2,84% | 0,0086% |
| 2019 | 4.333.743 | 1.009.451 | 2.879.496 | 439.724 | 5.073 | 0,87 | 13,69% | 0,0085% |
| 2018 | 3.811.885 | 641.933 | 2.761.025 | 403.854 | 5.073 | 0,79 | −12,08% | 0,0075% |
| 2017 | 4.335.401 | 1.230.610 | 2.685.278 | 414.441 | 5.073 | 0,92 | −3,86% | 0,0088% |
| 2016 | 4.509.410 | 1.385.205 | 2.700.762 | 418.370 | 5.073 | 0,98 | 5,14% | 0,0093% |
| 2015 | 4.288.941 | 1.232.985 | 2.582.189 | 468.695 | 5.073 | 0,95 | 4,44% | 0,0089% |
| 2014 | 4.106.804 | 1.182.179 | 2.504.209 | 415.344 | 5.073 | 0,94 | 10,63% | 0,0085% |
| 2013 | 3.712.353 | 907.412 | 2.420.439 | 379.430 | 5.073 | 0,87 | 0,03% | 0,0077% |
| 2012 | 3.711.385 | 977.145 | 2.356.353 | 372.814 | 5.073 | 0,89 | 4,13% | 0,0078% |
| 2011 | 3.564.232 | 885.475 | 2.306.662 | 367.023 | 5.073 | 0,88 | 4,96% | 0,0076% |
| 2010 | 3.395.764 | 794.296 | 2.243.729 | 352.667 | 5.073 | 0,86 | 10,73% | 0,0075% |
| 2009 | 3.066.731 | 522.590 | 2.155.887 | 383.180 | 5.073 | 0,8 | 6,05% | 0,0071% |
| 2008 | 2.891.867 | 560.624 | 2.012.904 | 313.267 | 5.073 | 0,79 | 0,27% | 0,0066% |
| 2007 | 2.883.979 | 669.289 | 1.913.276 | 296.511 | 4.903 | 0,82 | −3,38% | 0,0067% |
| 2006 | 2.984.860 | 717.013 | 1.963.354 | 299.759 | 4.734 | 0,88 | 10,38% | 0,0071% |
| 2005 | 2.704.066 | 681.177 | 1.752.593 | 266.577 | 3.719 | 0,83 | 9,56% | 0,0066% |
| 2004 | 2.468.081 | 545.168 | 1.662.101 | 257.626 | 3.187 | 0,78 | 4,39% | 0,0062% |
| 2003 | 2.364.201 | 504.207 | 1.605.747 | 251.709 | 2.538 | 0,76 | 3,71% | 0,0062% |
| 2002 | 2.279.536 | 465.622 | 1.573.454 | 238.511 | 1.948 | 0,74 | 2,23% | 0,0062% |
| 2001 | 2.229.899 | 460.219 | 1.528.905 | 239.414 | 1.360 | 0,75 | 1,84% | 0,0062% |
| 2000 | 2.189.700 | 399.151 | 1.547.994 | 241.802 | 753 | 0,76 | 12% | 0,0061% |
| 1999 | 1.955.010 | 303.753 | 1.426.910 | 223.781 | 566 | 0,71 | 10,49% | 0,0056% |
| 1998 | 1.769.349 | 289.123 | 1.252.293 | 227.487 | 446 | 0,69 | 11,16% | 0,0051% |
| 1997 | 1.591.782 | 271.045 | 1.123.208 | 197.182 | 347 | 0,67 | 9,06% | 0,0046% |
| 1996 | 1.459.608 | 275.896 | 979.166 | 204.266 | 279 | 0,67 | 7,6% | 0,0043% |
| 1995 | 1.356.564 | 254.285 | 903.086 | 198.978 | 215 | 0,65 | 2,24% | 0,0040% |
| 1994 | 1.326.850 | 247.260 | 883.979 | 195.447 | 164 | 0,66 | −2,79% | 0,0041% |
| 1993 | 1.364.991 | 247.865 | 936.574 | 180.427 | 124 | 0,68 | −7,41% | 0,0042% |
| 1992 | 1.474.168 | 231.504 | 1.054.287 | 188.282 | 96 | 0,73 | −7,08% | 0,0046% |
| 1991 | 1.586.478 | 258.153 | 1.118.479 | 209.774 | 72 | 0,77 | −12,28% | 0,0049% |
| 1990 | 1.808.571 | 375.197 | 1.205.665 | 227.659 | 50 | 0,86 | −11,94% | 0,0056% |
| 1989 | 2.053.699 | 800.002 | 1.035.043 | 218.626 | 28 | 0,96 | −10,41% | 0,0064% |
| 1988 | 2.292.371 | 1.072.841 | 1.001.663 | 217.846 | 21 | 1,06 | 13,78% | 0,0073% |
| 1987 | 2.014.783 | 892.928 | 918.772 | 203.065 | 18 | 0,92 | 2,85% | 0,0066% |
| 1986 | 1.958.882 | 853.054 | 904.723 | 201.087 | 19 | 0,89 | −6,43% | 0,0066% |
| 1985 | 2.093.523 | 1.096.574 | 815.941 | 181.005 | 4 | 0,95 | 0,76% | 0,0072% |
| 1984 | 2.077.641 | 1.092.629 | 794.816 | 190.190 | 6 | 0,96 | −4,92% | 0,0072% |
| 1983 | 2.185.055 | 1.230.490 | 779.150 | 175.409 | 6 | 1,04 | 4,99% | 0,0078% |
| 1982 | 2.081.168 | 1.116.980 | 781.127 | 183.055 | 5 | 1,02 | −2,1% | 0,0075% |
| 1981 | 2.125.819 | 1.217.456 | 753.485 | 154.871 | 7 | 1,09 | −7,49% | 0,0076% |
| 1980 | 2.298.026 | 1.375.811 | 762.174 | 160.041 | 1 | 1,22 | −1,54% | 0,0081% |
| 1979 | 2.334.052 | 1.437.140 | 743.143 | 153.769 | 0 | 1,28 | 12,26% | 0,0081% |
| 1978 | 2.079.118 | 1.231.604 | 703.507 | 144.007 | 0 | 1,17 | 1,61% | 0,0074% |
| 1977 | 2.046.077 | 1.200.272 | 704.983 | 140.822 | 0 | 1,19 | 8,81% | 0,0075% |
| 1976 | 1.880.436 | 1.161.578 | 599.966 | 118.892 | 0 | 1,12 | 3,05% | 0,0071% |
| 1975 | 1.824.832 | 1.115.626 | 593.415 | 115.791 | 0 | 1,12 | 2,02% | 0,0072% |
| 1974 | 1.788.675 | 1.073.435 | 601.096 | 114.145 | 0 | 1,13 | 4,06% | 0,0070% |
| 1973 | 1.718.900 | 998.977 | 603.259 | 116.664 | 0 | 1,12 | 3,53% | 0,0068% |
| 1972 | 1.660.234 | 967.959 | 579.347 | 112.928 | 0 | 1,11 | 1,65% | 0,0069% |
| 1971 | 1.633.335 | 966.027 | 557.654 | 109.655 | 0 | 1,12 | 1,28% | 0,0070% |
| 1970 | 1.612.666 | 971.597 | 534.883 | 106.186 | 0 | 1,14 | – | 0,0069% |
See also
- Liberia CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of Liberia
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).