Congo vs Laos: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Congo

0.4%

in 2024

Laos

0.4%

in 2024

Congo rank

38th

Laos rank

36th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Congo
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Congo, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Laos ahead.

Congo ranks 38th and Laos ranks 36th of 197 countries.

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Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Congo
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Laos
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.