Botswana vs Norway: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Botswana

4.36 million tonnes

in 2024

Norway

3.85 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

62nd

Norway rank

65th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Botswana currently reports 4.36 million tonnes against 3.85 million tonnes in Norway, a difference of 509,870 tonnes.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Norway ahead.

Botswana ranks 62nd and Norway ranks 65th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.