Share of global CO₂ emissions in Lesotho
Lesotho: Share of global CO₂ emissions was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions in Lesotho, 1990–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions in Lesotho is 0.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions in Lesotho peaked at 0.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2020.
That places Lesotho 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -24.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +48.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -19.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 21% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 52% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +48.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More climate change data for Lesotho
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 6.55 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 715.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,401 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 50.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 61.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 51.99 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1962 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions in Lesotho?
- Share of global co₂ emissions in Lesotho was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for share of global co₂ emissions?
- Lesotho ranks 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ in the same year.