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Iran vs Lesotho: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Iran
0.488 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Lesotho
0.5358 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Iran rank
13th
Lesotho rank
11th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Iran
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.5358 kilograms per international-$ against 0.488 kilograms per international-$ in Iran, a difference of 0.0478 kilograms per international-$.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 13th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).