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Methane emissions — Libya

Methane emissions in Libya in 2024 — 28.2 Mt. Ranked 143 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 9,556.8%.

2024 28.2 Mt +0.24% vs 2023
World rank 143of 199
Period maximum 133.96 Mt1969
Period minimum 0.29 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Libya, 1850–2024050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.29 Mt1853: 0.29 Mt1856: 0.29 Mt1859: 0.29 Mt1862: 0.3 Mt1865: 0.3 Mt1868: 0.3 Mt1871: 0.3 Mt1874: 0.3 Mt1877: 0.3 Mt1880: 0.31 Mt1883: 0.31 Mt1886: 0.31 Mt1889: 0.31 Mt1892: 0.32 Mt1895: 0.33 Mt1898: 0.35 Mt1901: 0.36 Mt1904: 0.36 Mt1907: 0.37 Mt1910: 0.37 Mt1913: 0.37 Mt1916: 0.38 Mt1919: 0.38 Mt1922: 0.39 Mt1925: 0.39 Mt1928: 0.4 Mt1931: 0.41 Mt1934: 0.44 Mt1937: 0.5 Mt1940: 0.56 Mt1943: 0.63 Mt1946: 0.7 Mt1949: 0.77 Mt1952: 7.67 Mt1955: 10.65 Mt1958: 10.54 Mt1961: 37.09 Mt1964: 19.79 Mt1967: 59.15 Mt1970: 96.34 Mt1973: 77.79 Mt1976: 70.74 Mt1979: 76.21 Mt1982: 44.3 Mt1985: 41.51 Mt1988: 45.14 Mt1991: 50.46 Mt1994: 47.81 Mt1997: 45.2 Mt2000: 40.89 Mt2003: 42.04 Mt2006: 42.09 Mt2009: 36.48 Mt2012: 33.12 Mt2015: 13.38 Mt2018: 26.33 Mt2021: 28.27 Mt2024: 28.2 Mt
Change over the period: +27.91 (+9,556.85%) Average annual rate: 2.66 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Libya

Libya 28.2 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Middle East & North Africa computed 823.03 Mt
Northern Africa computed 255.68 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 28.2 +0.07 +0.24%
2023 28.13 +2.36 +9.16%
2022 25.77 −2.5 −8.83%
2021 28.27 +15.05 +113.85%
2020 13.22 −15.59 −54.11%
2019 28.8 +2.48 +9.41%
2018 26.33 +4.26 +19.32%
2017 22.07 +9.13 +70.53%
2016 12.94 −0.45 −3.32%
2015 13.38 −1.51 −10.16%
2014 14.9 −9.5 −38.94%
2013 24.4 −8.73 −26.34%
2012 33.12 +18.08 +120.15%
2011 15.05 −23.76 −61.22%
2010 38.8 +2.32 +6.35%
2009 36.48 −3.57 −8.92%
2008 40.06 +0.82 +2.08%
2007 39.24 −2.85 −6.77%
2006 42.09 −1.59 −3.64%
2005 43.68 +2.73 +6.66%
2004 40.95 −1.09 −2.58%
2003 42.04 +5.64 +15.48%
2002 36.4 −1.06 −2.83%
2001 37.46 −3.42 −8.37%
2000 40.89 +2.56 +6.68%
1999 38.33 −3.26 −7.84%
1998 41.59 −3.61 −7.99%
1997 45.2 −8.82 −16.32%
1996 54.02 +1.94 +3.73%
1995 52.07 +4.26 +8.91%
1994 47.81 +10.01 +26.46%
1993 37.81 −6.04 −13.78%
1992 43.85 −6.61 −13.09%
1991 50.46 −2.53 −4.78%
1990 52.99 +8.28 +18.53%
1989 44.71 −0.43 −0.95%
1988 45.14 +6.53 +16.9%
1987 38.61 −2.04 −5.03%
1986 40.65 −0.85 −2.06%
1985 41.51 −0.93 −2.19%
1984 42.44 −0.37 −0.87%
1983 42.81 −1.49 −3.37%
1982 44.3 +0.21 +0.48%
1981 44.09 −23.09 −34.37%
1980 67.18 −9.03 −11.85%
1979 76.21 +4.26 +5.92%
1978 71.95 −2.71 −3.63%
1977 74.66 +3.92 +5.54%
1976 70.74 +16.37 +30.11%
1975 54.37 −1.15 −2.06%
1974 55.51 −22.28 −28.64%
1973 77.79 −1.81 −2.27%
1972 79.6 −16.78 −17.41%
1971 96.38 +0.03 +0.04%
1970 96.34 −37.62 −28.08%
1969 133.96 +67.06 +100.22%
1968 66.91 +7.76 +13.12%
1967 59.15 −8.31 −12.32%
1966 67.46 +39.53 +141.52%
1965 27.93 +8.14 +41.15%
1964 19.79 −24.28 −55.1%
1963 44.07 +10.67 +31.96%
1962 33.39 −3.7 −9.97%
1961 37.09 +15.15 +69.01%
1960 21.95 +8.33 +61.13%
1959 13.62 +3.08 +29.22%
1958 10.54 +0.52 +5.16%
1957 10.02 −0.61 −5.69%
1956 10.63 −0.02 −0.16%
1955 10.65 −0.31 −2.85%
1954 10.96 +0.01 +0.12%
1953 10.94 +3.27 +42.63%
1952 7.67 −0.55 −6.64%
1951 8.22 +1.06 +14.87%
1950 7.16 +6.38 +826.81%
1949 0.77 +0.03 +3.35%
1948 0.75 +0.02 +3.32%
1947 0.72 +0.02 +3.43%
1946 0.7 +0.02 +3.56%
1945 0.68 +0.02 +3.53%
1944 0.65 +0.02 +3.49%
1943 0.63 +0.02 +3.79%
1942 0.61 +0.02 +3.58%
1941 0.59 +0.02 +3.9%
1940 0.56 +0.02 +4.06%
1939 0.54 +0.02 +4.43%
1938 0.52 +0.02 +4.22%
1937 0.5 +0.02 +4.62%
1936 0.48 +0.02 +4.39%
1935 0.46 +0.01 +2.7%
1934 0.44 +0.01 +2.54%
1933 0.43 +0.01 +2.85%
1932 0.42 +0.01 +2.68%
1931 0.41 +0.01 +2.76%
1930 0.4 +0 +0.5%
1929 0.4 +0 +0.51%
1928 0.4 +0 +0.25%
1927 0.39 +0 +0.51%
1926 0.39 +0 +0.26%
1925 0.39 +0 +0.51%
1924 0.39 +0 +0.52%
1923 0.39 +0 +0.26%
1922 0.39 +0 +0.26%
1921 0.39 +0 +0.52%
1920 0.38 +0 +0.26%
1919 0.38 +0 +0.53%
1918 0.38 +0 +0.26%
1917 0.38 +0 +0.53%
1916 0.38 +0 +0.27%
1915 0.38 +0 +0.53%
1914 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1913 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1912 0.37 +0 +0%
1911 0.37 +0 +0%
1910 0.37 +0 +0.54%
1909 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1908 0.37 +0 +0.54%
1907 0.37 +0 +0.55%
1906 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1905 0.36 +0 +0.55%
1904 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1903 0.36 +0 +0.56%
1902 0.36 +0 +0.56%
1901 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1900 0.36 +0.01 +1.42%
1899 0.35 +0 +1.15%
1898 0.35 +0 +1.46%
1897 0.34 +0 +1.18%
1896 0.34 +0 +1.2%
1895 0.33 +0.01 +1.52%
1894 0.33 +0 +1.23%
1893 0.33 +0 +1.25%
1892 0.32 +0.01 +1.58%
1891 0.32 +0 +1.28%
1890 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1889 0.31 +0 +0%
1888 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1887 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1886 0.31 +0 +0%
1885 0.31 +0 +0.32%
1884 0.31 +0 +0%
1883 0.31 +0 +0.33%
1882 0.31 +0 +0.33%
1881 0.31 +0 +0%
1880 0.31 +0 +0.33%
1879 0.31 +0 +0%
1878 0.31 +0 +0.33%
1877 0.3 +0 +0%
1876 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1875 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1874 0.3 +0 +0%
1873 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1872 0.3 +0 +0%
1871 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1870 0.3 +0 +0.33%
1869 0.3 +0 +0%
1868 0.3 +0 +0.34%
1867 0.3 +0 +0%
1866 0.3 +0 +0.34%
1865 0.3 +0 +0.34%
1864 0.3 +0 +0%
1863 0.3 +0 +0.34%
1862 0.3 +0 +0%
1861 0.3 +0 +0.34%
1860 0.29 +0 +0%
1859 0.29 +0 +0%
1858 0.29 +0 +0.34%
1857 0.29 +0 +0%
1856 0.29 +0 +0%
1855 0.29 +0 +0%
1854 0.29 +0 +0%
1853 0.29 +0 +0.34%
1852 0.29 +0 +0%
1851 0.29 +0 +0%
1850 0.29 — —

Northern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TN Tunisia 8.4 LY Libya 28.2 MA Morocco 30.34 EG Egypt 49.84 DZ Algeria 69.21 SD Sudan 69.7
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About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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