Laos vs Papua New Guinea: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Laos
2.5 tonnes per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
2.64 tonnes per person
in 2024
Laos rank
24th
Papua New Guinea rank
22nd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Laos
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.64 tonnes per person against 2.5 tonnes per person in Laos, a difference of 0.14 tonnes per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Laos ahead.
Laos ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 22nd of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 14 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 4.55 tonnes per person | -2.38 tonnes per person | 6.93 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1860s | 2.78 tonnes per person | -2.92 tonnes per person | 5.7 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1870s | 4.27 tonnes per person | -3.3 tonnes per person | 7.58 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1880s | 6.46 tonnes per person | -3.38 tonnes per person | 9.83 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1890s | 5.8 tonnes per person | 144.53 tonnes per person | 138.73 tonnes per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1900s | 3.15 tonnes per person | 18.22 tonnes per person | 15.07 tonnes per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1910s | 4.26 tonnes per person | -0.1841 tonnes per person | 4.44 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1920s | 11.77 tonnes per person | -0.9895 tonnes per person | 12.76 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1930s | 22.38 tonnes per person | -1.2 tonnes per person | 23.58 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1940s | 14.85 tonnes per person | -2.21 tonnes per person | 17.07 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1950s | 16.18 tonnes per person | -4.13 tonnes per person | 20.31 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1960s | 10.17 tonnes per person | -1.78 tonnes per person | 11.95 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1970s | 8.27 tonnes per person | 5.59 tonnes per person | 2.68 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 1980s | 5.39 tonnes per person | 6.69 tonnes per person | 1.31 tonnes per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 5.01 tonnes per person | 7.11 tonnes per person | 2.1 tonnes per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 10.35 tonnes per person | 6.06 tonnes per person | 4.29 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 2010s | 8.18 tonnes per person | 4.63 tonnes per person | 3.55 tonnes per person | Laos |
| 2020s | 3.15 tonnes per person | 2.84 tonnes per person | 0.3096 tonnes per person | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Laos or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2.64 tonnes per person against 2.5 tonnes per person in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Laos and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.14 tonnes per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Papua New Guinea?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Laos and Papua New Guinea rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Laos ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 22nd 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.