Liberia

CO₂ from fossil fuels and industry in Liberia, 2022.

2022 at a glance

Total: 0.864 million tonnes154th of 164 countries in 2022
Per person: 0.161 tonnes154th of 164 countries in 2022
Per unit of GDP: 0.204 kg per international dollar (2011 prices, PPP)76th of 164 countries in 2022

In 2024, the latest year with a total, Liberia emitted 0.859 million tonnes.

The trend

CO2 emissions, Liberia, 1950 to 2024

CO2 from fossil fuels and industry in Liberia was 0.859 million tonnes in 2024, 88% more than in 1990. The highest yearly total between 1950 and 2024 was 2.04 million tonnes, in 1980.

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Every fifth year and the latest
Year	Million tonnes
1950	0.0476
1955	0.0586
1960	0.165
1965	0.557
1970	1.45
1975	1.48
1980	2.04
1985	0.716
1990	0.456
1995	0.416
2000	0.402
2005	0.651
2010	0.709
2015	0.699
2020	0.777
2024	0.859

By source, 2022

CO2 by source, Liberia, 2022, million tonnes
Source	Million tonnes
Oil	0.68
Cement	0.184
Gas flaring	0

Sources

Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (owid-co2-data.csv): countries from 1950. Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions), based on the Global Carbon Budget (2025), the Maddison Project Database 2023 (Bolt and van Zanden) and OWID's population series. Retrieved 16 October 2026. Terms. Trimmed from the published file.

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