Botswana vs Laos: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Botswana

14.51 million tonnes

in 2023

Laos

14.82 million tonnes

in 2023

Botswana rank

92nd

Laos rank

90th

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

Laos currently reports 14.82 million tonnes against 14.51 million tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 316,000 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 92nd and Laos ranks 90th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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: 121 places, 4,098 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes.