Eritrea vs Lesotho: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

Eritrea

17.69 million tonnes

in 2024

Lesotho

17.90 million tonnes

in 2024

Eritrea rank

176th

Lesotho rank

175th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

Lesotho currently reports 17.90 million tonnes against 17.69 million tonnes in Eritrea, a difference of 210,600 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Lesotho ahead.

Eritrea ranks 176th and Lesotho ranks 175th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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