Botswana vs Namibia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Botswana

286.35 million tonnes

in 2024

Namibia

359.14 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

126th

Namibia rank

123rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Namibia currently reports 359.14 million tonnes against 286.35 million tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 72.79 million tonnes.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 126th and Namibia ranks 123rd of 197 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
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: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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