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 1.1% 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 6.56 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% | 0.01% |
| 2023 | 4,412,552 | 839,526 | 3,114,705 | 453,249 | 5,073 | 0.8 | 1.03% | 0.01% |
| 2022 | 4,367,675 | 868,619 | 3,049,979 | 444,004 | 5,073 | 0.81 | 3.74% | 0.01% |
| 2021 | 4,210,309 | 840,826 | 2,937,381 | 427,030 | 5,073 | 0.8 | 0% | 0.01% |
| 2020 | 4,210,455 | 834,835 | 2,943,193 | 427,355 | 5,073 | 0.82 | −2.84% | 0.01% |
| 2019 | 4,333,743 | 1,009,451 | 2,879,496 | 439,724 | 5,073 | 0.87 | 13.69% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 3,811,885 | 641,933 | 2,761,025 | 403,854 | 5,073 | 0.79 | −12.08% | 0.01% |
| 2017 | 4,335,401 | 1,230,610 | 2,685,278 | 414,441 | 5,073 | 0.92 | −3.86% | 0.01% |
| 2016 | 4,509,410 | 1,385,205 | 2,700,762 | 418,370 | 5,073 | 0.98 | 5.14% | 0.01% |
| 2015 | 4,288,941 | 1,232,985 | 2,582,189 | 468,695 | 5,073 | 0.95 | 4.44% | 0.01% |
| 2014 | 4,106,804 | 1,182,179 | 2,504,209 | 415,344 | 5,073 | 0.94 | 10.63% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 3,712,353 | 907,412 | 2,420,439 | 379,430 | 5,073 | 0.87 | 0.03% | 0.01% |
| 2012 | 3,711,385 | 977,145 | 2,356,353 | 372,814 | 5,073 | 0.89 | 4.13% | 0.01% |
| 2011 | 3,564,232 | 885,475 | 2,306,662 | 367,023 | 5,073 | 0.88 | 4.96% | 0.01% |
| 2010 | 3,395,764 | 794,296 | 2,243,729 | 352,667 | 5,073 | 0.86 | 10.73% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 3,066,731 | 522,590 | 2,155,887 | 383,180 | 5,073 | 0.8 | 6.05% | 0.01% |
| 2008 | 2,891,867 | 560,624 | 2,012,904 | 313,267 | 5,073 | 0.79 | 0.27% | 0.01% |
| 2007 | 2,883,979 | 669,289 | 1,913,276 | 296,511 | 4,903 | 0.82 | −3.38% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 2,984,860 | 717,013 | 1,963,354 | 299,759 | 4,734 | 0.88 | 10.38% | 0.01% |
| 2005 | 2,704,066 | 681,177 | 1,752,593 | 266,577 | 3,719 | 0.83 | 9.56% | 0.01% |
| 2004 | 2,468,081 | 545,168 | 1,662,101 | 257,626 | 3,187 | 0.78 | 4.39% | 0.01% |
| 2003 | 2,364,201 | 504,207 | 1,605,747 | 251,709 | 2,538 | 0.76 | 3.71% | 0.01% |
| 2002 | 2,279,536 | 465,622 | 1,573,454 | 238,511 | 1,948 | 0.74 | 2.23% | 0.01% |
| 2001 | 2,229,899 | 460,219 | 1,528,905 | 239,414 | 1,360 | 0.75 | 1.84% | 0.01% |
| 2000 | 2,189,700 | 399,151 | 1,547,994 | 241,802 | 753 | 0.76 | 12% | 0.01% |
| 1999 | 1,955,010 | 303,753 | 1,426,910 | 223,781 | 566 | 0.71 | 10.49% | 0.01% |
| 1998 | 1,769,349 | 289,123 | 1,252,293 | 227,487 | 446 | 0.69 | 11.16% | 0.01% |
| 1997 | 1,591,782 | 271,045 | 1,123,208 | 197,182 | 347 | 0.67 | 9.06% | < 0.01% |
| 1996 | 1,459,608 | 275,896 | 979,166 | 204,266 | 279 | 0.67 | 7.6% | < 0.01% |
| 1995 | 1,356,564 | 254,285 | 903,086 | 198,978 | 215 | 0.65 | 2.24% | < 0.01% |
| 1994 | 1,326,850 | 247,260 | 883,979 | 195,447 | 164 | 0.66 | −2.79% | < 0.01% |
| 1993 | 1,364,991 | 247,865 | 936,574 | 180,427 | 124 | 0.68 | −7.41% | < 0.01% |
| 1992 | 1,474,168 | 231,504 | 1,054,287 | 188,282 | 96 | 0.73 | −7.08% | < 0.01% |
| 1991 | 1,586,478 | 258,153 | 1,118,479 | 209,774 | 72 | 0.77 | −12.28% | < 0.01% |
| 1990 | 1,808,571 | 375,197 | 1,205,665 | 227,659 | 50 | 0.86 | −11.94% | 0.01% |
| 1989 | 2,053,699 | 800,002 | 1,035,043 | 218,626 | 28 | 0.96 | −10.41% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 2,292,371 | 1,072,841 | 1,001,663 | 217,846 | 21 | 1.06 | 13.78% | 0.01% |
| 1987 | 2,014,783 | 892,928 | 918,772 | 203,065 | 18 | 0.92 | 2.85% | 0.01% |
| 1986 | 1,958,882 | 853,054 | 904,723 | 201,087 | 19 | 0.89 | −6.43% | 0.01% |
| 1985 | 2,093,523 | 1,096,574 | 815,941 | 181,005 | 4 | 0.95 | 0.76% | 0.01% |
| 1984 | 2,077,641 | 1,092,629 | 794,816 | 190,190 | 6 | 0.96 | −4.92% | 0.01% |
| 1983 | 2,185,055 | 1,230,490 | 779,150 | 175,409 | 6 | 1.04 | 4.99% | 0.01% |
| 1982 | 2,081,168 | 1,116,980 | 781,127 | 183,055 | 5 | 1.02 | −2.1% | 0.01% |
| 1981 | 2,125,819 | 1,217,456 | 753,485 | 154,871 | 7 | 1.09 | −7.49% | 0.01% |
| 1980 | 2,298,026 | 1,375,811 | 762,174 | 160,041 | 1 | 1.22 | −1.54% | 0.01% |
| 1979 | 2,334,052 | 1,437,140 | 743,143 | 153,769 | 0 | 1.28 | 12.26% | 0.01% |
| 1978 | 2,079,118 | 1,231,604 | 703,507 | 144,007 | 0 | 1.17 | 1.61% | 0.01% |
| 1977 | 2,046,077 | 1,200,272 | 704,983 | 140,822 | 0 | 1.19 | 8.81% | 0.01% |
| 1976 | 1,880,436 | 1,161,578 | 599,966 | 118,892 | 0 | 1.12 | 3.05% | 0.01% |
| 1975 | 1,824,832 | 1,115,626 | 593,415 | 115,791 | 0 | 1.12 | 2.02% | 0.01% |
| 1974 | 1,788,675 | 1,073,435 | 601,096 | 114,145 | 0 | 1.13 | 4.06% | 0.01% |
| 1973 | 1,718,900 | 998,977 | 603,259 | 116,664 | 0 | 1.12 | 3.53% | 0.01% |
| 1972 | 1,660,234 | 967,959 | 579,347 | 112,928 | 0 | 1.11 | 1.65% | 0.01% |
| 1971 | 1,633,335 | 966,027 | 557,654 | 109,655 | 0 | 1.12 | 1.28% | 0.01% |
| 1970 | 1,612,666 | 971,597 | 534,883 | 106,186 | 0 | 1.14 | – | 0.01% |
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).