Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Nepal

47.28 million tonnes

in 2023

Sri Lanka

46.44 million tonnes

in 2023

Nepal rank

60th

Sri Lanka rank

61st

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

Nepal currently reports 47.28 million tonnes against 46.44 million tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 840,000 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Nepal ranks 60th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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.