Botswana vs Paraguay: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions

Botswana

7.46 million tonnes

in 2024

Paraguay

7.94 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

121st

Paraguay rank

120th

Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions over time

Paraguay currently reports 7.94 million tonnes against 7.46 million tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 475,120 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Paraguay ahead.

Botswana ranks 121st and Paraguay ranks 120th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Kaya identity: drivers of 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: 216 places, 12,568 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.