Lesotho vs New Caledonia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Lesotho
54.43 million tonnes
in 2024
New Caledonia
65.65 million tonnes
in 2024
Lesotho rank
90th
New Caledonia rank
87th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

  • Lesotho
  • New Caledonia
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How they compare

New Caledonia currently reports 65.65 million tonnes against 54.43 million tonnes in Lesotho, a difference of 11.22 million tonnes.

That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was New Caledonia ahead.

Lesotho ranks 90th and New Caledonia ranks 87th of 179 countries.

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About this data

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