Lesotho vs Norway: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Lesotho

0.702 tonnes per person

in 2024

Norway

0.6906 tonnes per person

in 2024

Lesotho rank

47th

Norway rank

49th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Lesotho currently reports 0.702 tonnes per person against 0.6906 tonnes per person in Norway, a difference of 0.0115 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Norway ahead.

Lesotho ranks 47th and Norway ranks 49th 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.