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Lesotho vs New Caledonia: Carbon intensity of energy

Lesotho
654.25 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
New Caledonia
376.29 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Lesotho rank
1st
New Caledonia rank
4th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Lesotho
  • New Caledonia
05001.0k1.5k2.0k198020022024

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 654.25 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 376.29 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in New Caledonia, a difference of 277.97 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.7 times New Caledonia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 1st and New Caledonia ranks 4th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of energy
Unit
grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.