Cuba vs Laos: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions

Cuba

24.44 million tonnes

in 2024

Laos

24.40 million tonnes

in 2024

Cuba rank

81st

Laos rank

82nd

Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions over time

Cuba currently reports 24.44 million tonnes against 24.40 million tonnes in Laos, a difference of 40,300 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 81st and Laos ranks 82nd 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.