Congo vs Lesotho: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Congo
2.74 tonnes per person
in 2024
Lesotho
2.87 tonnes per person
in 2024
Congo rank
19th
Lesotho rank
17th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Congo
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 2.87 tonnes per person against 2.74 tonnes per person in Congo, a difference of 0.13 tonnes per person.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 19th and Lesotho ranks 17th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 15 and Lesotho in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.73 tonnes per person | 0.6868 tonnes per person | 2.04 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1860s | 19.75 tonnes per person | 0.8518 tonnes per person | 18.89 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1870s | 32.35 tonnes per person | 1.06 tonnes per person | 31.29 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1880s | 30.24 tonnes per person | 1.07 tonnes per person | 29.18 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1890s | 2.97 tonnes per person | 1.13 tonnes per person | 1.84 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1900s | -11.2 tonnes per person | 1.54 tonnes per person | 12.74 tonnes per person | Lesotho |
| 1910s | -18.27 tonnes per person | 1.74 tonnes per person | 20.01 tonnes per person | Lesotho |
| 1920s | 27.47 tonnes per person | 2.1 tonnes per person | 25.37 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1930s | 41.09 tonnes per person | 4.08 tonnes per person | 37.01 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1940s | 57.57 tonnes per person | 2.53 tonnes per person | 55.04 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1950s | 72.83 tonnes per person | 1.9 tonnes per person | 70.93 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1960s | 19.03 tonnes per person | 1.65 tonnes per person | 17.38 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1970s | 5.2 tonnes per person | 1.11 tonnes per person | 4.08 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1980s | 3.24 tonnes per person | 0.7996 tonnes per person | 2.44 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1990s | 5.48 tonnes per person | 0.6565 tonnes per person | 4.83 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 2000s | 5.13 tonnes per person | 1.74 tonnes per person | 3.39 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 2010s | 4.39 tonnes per person | 1.94 tonnes per person | 2.45 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 2020s | 3 tonnes per person | 3.1 tonnes per person | 0.0982 tonnes per person | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Congo or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 2.87 tonnes per person against 2.74 tonnes per person in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Congo and Lesotho?
- 0.13 tonnes per person, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Lesotho?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Lesotho rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Congo ranks 19th and Lesotho ranks 17th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.