Botswana vs Uruguay: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Botswana

7.46 million tonnes

in 2024

Uruguay

7.97 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

121st

Uruguay rank

119th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

Uruguay currently reports 7.97 million tonnes against 7.46 million tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 511,670 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Uruguay ahead.

Botswana ranks 121st and Uruguay ranks 119th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
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: 216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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