Botswana vs Iceland: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Botswana

184.34 million tonnes

in 2024

Iceland

171.69 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

132nd

Iceland rank

135th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Botswana currently reports 184.34 million tonnes against 171.69 million tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 12.65 million tonnes.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Iceland ahead.

Botswana ranks 132nd and Iceland ranks 135th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.