Botswana vs Laos: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Botswana
2.96 tonnes per person
in 2024
Laos
3.14 tonnes per person
in 2024
Botswana rank
111th
Laos rank
108th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

  • Botswana
  • Laos
0123195519892024

How they compare

Laos currently reports 3.14 tonnes per person against 2.96 tonnes per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.1807 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Laos ahead.

Botswana ranks 111th and Laos ranks 108th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
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
213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.