Lesotho vs Namibia: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables

Lesotho

1.1 tonnes per person

in 2024

Namibia

1.14 tonnes per person

in 2024

Lesotho rank

157th

Namibia rank

154th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables over time

Lesotho
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 1.14 tonnes per person against 1.1 tonnes per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0446 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 157th and Namibia ranks 154th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.