Germany vs Laos: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Germany

1.92 tonnes per person

in 2024

Laos

2.15 tonnes per person

in 2024

Germany rank

25th

Laos rank

22nd

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Laos currently reports 2.15 tonnes per person against 1.92 tonnes per person in Germany, a difference of 0.223 tonnes per person.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 25th and Laos ranks 22nd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.