Kenya vs Laos: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Kenya
0.4%
in 2024
Laos
0.4%
in 2024
Kenya rank
48th
Laos rank
49th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Kenya
- Laos
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Laos, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Laos ahead.
Kenya ranks 48th and Laos ranks 49th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 12 and Laos in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1860s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1890s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, Kenya or Laos?
- Kenya, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Kenya and Laos?
- 0.0%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Laos?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Laos rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Kenya ranks 48th and Laos ranks 49th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from land-use change.