Laos vs Liberia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Laos
0.4%
in 2024
Liberia
0.5%
in 2024
Laos rank
36th
Liberia rank
34th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Laos
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Laos, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Liberia ahead.
Laos ranks 36th and Liberia ranks 34th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 13 and Liberia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Liberia |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Liberia |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 1890s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Laos |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Liberia |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Laos |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Laos |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Laos |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Laos |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Laos |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Laos |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Laos or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Laos and Liberia?
- 0.1%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Liberia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Laos and Liberia rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Laos ranks 36th and Liberia ranks 34th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
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.