Botswana vs Guyana: CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change

Botswana

7.27 million tonnes

in 2024

Guyana

7.99 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

143rd

Guyana rank

140th

CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change over time

Guyana currently reports 7.99 million tonnes against 7.27 million tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 721,930 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 10 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Guyana ahead.

Botswana ranks 143rd and Guyana ranks 140th of 194 countries.

Indicator: CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change
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: 194 places, 20,936 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes.