French Polynesia vs Laos: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

French Polynesia

3.27 tonnes per person

in 2024

Laos

3.14 tonnes per person

in 2024

French Polynesia rank

105th

Laos rank

108th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

French Polynesia
Laos

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 3.27 tonnes per person against 3.14 tonnes per person in Laos, a difference of 0.1344 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 105th and Laos ranks 108th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP 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.