Iceland vs Lesotho: Greenhouse gas emissions

Iceland
5.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Lesotho
6.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Iceland rank
161st
Lesotho rank
158th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Iceland
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 6.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 5.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Iceland, a difference of 1.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 161st and Lesotho ranks 158th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.