Cape Verde vs Lesotho: CO₂ emissions per capita

Cape Verde

1.13 tonnes per person

in 2024

Lesotho

1.1 tonnes per person

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

155th

Lesotho rank

157th

CO₂ emissions per capita over time

Cape Verde
Lesotho

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 1.13 tonnes per person against 1.1 tonnes per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.031 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Lesotho ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 155th and Lesotho ranks 157th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.