Laos vs Peru: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Laos

19.45 million tonnes

in 2024

Peru

16.68 million tonnes

in 2024

Laos rank

36th

Peru rank

39th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Laos currently reports 19.45 million tonnes against 16.68 million tonnes in Peru, a difference of 2.77 million tonnes.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Peru ahead.

Laos ranks 36th and Peru ranks 39th of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit: tonnes
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 in tonnes.