Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) … square in Libya
Libya: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) … square was 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$), per square in Libya, 1990–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Libya stood at 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 42.2% on the previous year and up 110.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Libya peaked at 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 196.96 current US$ per square kilometre, in 1990.
Libya ranks 163rd of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) … square in Libya, year by year
| Year | current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 196.96 current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 209.81 current US$ per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 200.53 current US$ per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 243.7 current US$ per square kilometre | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 321.58 current US$ per square kilometre | +32.0% |
| 1995 | 377.76 current US$ per square kilometre | +17.5% |
| 1996 | 410.97 current US$ per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 397.07 current US$ per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 407.66 current US$ per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 436.02 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 471.76 current US$ per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 490.26 current US$ per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 522.16 current US$ per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 584.22 current US$ per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 607.63 current US$ per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 700.68 current US$ per square kilometre | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 737.58 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 722.89 current US$ per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 812.51 current US$ per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 885.25 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 967.2 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 711.15 current US$ per square kilometre | -26.5% |
| 2012 | 1,018 current US$ per square kilometre | +43.1% |
| 2013 | 1,077 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 1,110 current US$ per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1,014 current US$ per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 1,040 current US$ per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,173 current US$ per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 1,261 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 1,316 current US$ per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 1,051 current US$ per square kilometre | -20.2% |
| 2021 | 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre | +42.2% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,139 current US$ per square kilometre, 12% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Libya's 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 11,841 current US$ per square kilometre, 13% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) … square in Libya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +43.1% | 711.15 current US$ per square kilometre | 1,018 current US$ per square kilometre |
| 2021 | +42.2% | 1,051 current US$ per square kilometre | 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 320.21 current US$ per square kilometre | 196.96 current US$ per square kilometre | 436.02 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 653.49 current US$ per square kilometre | 471.76 current US$ per square kilometre | 885.25 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,069 current US$ per square kilometre | 711.15 current US$ per square kilometre | 1,316 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,273 current US$ per square kilometre | 1,051 current US$ per square kilometre | 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre | 2 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 160 Cote d'Ivoire 1,650 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 161 Uruguay 1,516 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 162 Burundi 1,498 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 164 Uganda 1,456 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 165 Zimbabwe 1,291 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 166 Bhutan 1,270 current US$ per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Libya
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 6.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.094 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 605.92 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0686 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 442.44 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0332 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Libya?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Libya was 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,495 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 196.96 current US$ per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Libya rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square?
- Libya ranks 163rd out of 208 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 110.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.