Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Democratic Republic of Congo

46.70 million tonnes

in 2024

Lesotho

54.43 million tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

93rd

Lesotho rank

90th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Lesotho currently reports 54.43 million tonnes against 46.70 million tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 7.73 million tonnes.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 93rd and Lesotho ranks 90th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.