Lesotho vs Panama: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Lesotho

1.64 million tonnes

in 2024

Panama

1.75 million tonnes

in 2024

Lesotho rank

84th

Panama rank

82nd

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Panama currently reports 1.75 million tonnes against 1.64 million tonnes in Lesotho, a difference of 113,480 tonnes.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 84th and Panama ranks 82nd 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.