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Greenhouse gas emissions — Laos

Greenhouse gas emissions in Laos in 2024 — 61.39 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 119 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,113.4%.

2024 61.39 Mt CO₂e −2.68% vs 2023
World rank 119of 199
Period maximum 85.81 Mt CO₂e2014
Period minimum 3.33 Mt CO₂e1860

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Laos, 1850–20240255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 5.06 Mt CO₂e1853: 3.77 Mt CO₂e1856: 3.67 Mt CO₂e1859: 3.55 Mt CO₂e1862: 3.42 Mt CO₂e1865: 3.8 Mt CO₂e1868: 3.49 Mt CO₂e1871: 4.55 Mt CO₂e1874: 5.03 Mt CO₂e1877: 5.02 Mt CO₂e1880: 5.97 Mt CO₂e1883: 6.9 Mt CO₂e1886: 8.4 Mt CO₂e1889: 8.33 Mt CO₂e1892: 8.21 Mt CO₂e1895: 7.94 Mt CO₂e1898: 10.05 Mt CO₂e1901: 7.42 Mt CO₂e1904: 6.48 Mt CO₂e1907: 6.91 Mt CO₂e1910: 6.9 Mt CO₂e1913: 8.18 Mt CO₂e1916: 8.09 Mt CO₂e1919: 8.18 Mt CO₂e1922: 11.98 Mt CO₂e1925: 12.68 Mt CO₂e1928: 14.3 Mt CO₂e1931: 19.19 Mt CO₂e1934: 19.78 Mt CO₂e1937: 21.71 Mt CO₂e1940: 18.07 Mt CO₂e1943: 19.45 Mt CO₂e1946: 18.76 Mt CO₂e1949: 17.33 Mt CO₂e1952: 20.45 Mt CO₂e1955: 29.03 Mt CO₂e1958: 31.52 Mt CO₂e1961: 30.57 Mt CO₂e1964: 23.04 Mt CO₂e1967: 23.44 Mt CO₂e1970: 21.46 Mt CO₂e1973: 29.1 Mt CO₂e1976: 26.22 Mt CO₂e1979: 24 Mt CO₂e1982: 24.28 Mt CO₂e1985: 25.56 Mt CO₂e1988: 25.41 Mt CO₂e1991: 27.72 Mt CO₂e1994: 30.95 Mt CO₂e1997: 34.65 Mt CO₂e2000: 51.02 Mt CO₂e2003: 56.09 Mt CO₂e2006: 60.88 Mt CO₂e2009: 79.62 Mt CO₂e2012: 77.71 Mt CO₂e2015: 76.59 Mt CO₂e2018: 68.36 Mt CO₂e2021: 67.78 Mt CO₂e2024: 61.39 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +56.33 (+1,113.44%) Average annual rate: 1.44 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Laos

Laos 61.39 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
East Asia & Pacific computed 21,054.9 Mt CO₂e
South-Eastern Asia computed 4,056.7 Mt CO₂e
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 61.39 −1.69 −2.68%
2023 63.08 −1.9 −2.93%
2022 64.98 −2.8 −4.13%
2021 67.78 +10.36 +18.04%
2020 57.42 −1.21 −2.06%
2019 58.63 −9.73 −14.24%
2018 68.36 −2.19 −3.1%
2017 70.55 −2.6 −3.56%
2016 73.15 −3.43 −4.48%
2015 76.59 −9.22 −10.75%
2014 85.81 +1.64 +1.95%
2013 84.17 +6.46 +8.31%
2012 77.71 +6.66 +9.37%
2011 71.05 +1.37 +1.96%
2010 69.68 −9.93 −12.48%
2009 79.62 +5.78 +7.83%
2008 73.84 +4.39 +6.32%
2007 69.45 +8.56 +14.07%
2006 60.88 −4.76 −7.25%
2005 65.64 +3.35 +5.37%
2004 62.29 +6.2 +11.06%
2003 56.09 +2.18 +4.04%
2002 53.92 +2.85 +5.57%
2001 51.07 +0.05 +0.09%
2000 51.02 +10.99 +27.44%
1999 40.04 +5.01 +14.31%
1998 35.03 +0.38 +1.09%
1997 34.65 −3.02 −8.01%
1996 37.67 +6.4 +20.46%
1995 31.27 +0.32 +1.03%
1994 30.95 +0.96 +3.2%
1993 29.99 +2.3 +8.29%
1992 27.69 −0.02 −0.08%
1991 27.72 −0.97 −3.36%
1990 28.68 +2.6 +9.95%
1989 26.09 +0.68 +2.68%
1988 25.41 −0.83 −3.16%
1987 26.23 +0.63 +2.47%
1986 25.6 +0.04 +0.16%
1985 25.56 +0.09 +0.34%
1984 25.47 +0.6 +2.4%
1983 24.87 +0.59 +2.45%
1982 24.28 −0.89 −3.54%
1981 25.17 +0.71 +2.91%
1980 24.46 +0.46 +1.92%
1979 24 −2.39 −9.04%
1978 26.38 −0.56 −2.06%
1977 26.94 +0.72 +2.75%
1976 26.22 −2.66 −9.22%
1975 28.88 +0.07 +0.24%
1974 28.81 −0.29 −1.01%
1973 29.1 +2.2 +8.17%
1972 26.91 +1.42 +5.58%
1971 25.48 +4.03 +18.77%
1970 21.46 +0.11 +0.49%
1969 21.35 −0.23 −1.08%
1968 21.59 −1.86 −7.93%
1967 23.44 +0.66 +2.9%
1966 22.78 −0.7 −2.97%
1965 23.48 +0.44 +1.91%
1964 23.04 −0.13 −0.55%
1963 23.17 −2.01 −7.96%
1962 25.17 −5.4 −17.65%
1961 30.57 −11.07 −26.58%
1960 41.64 −19.44 −31.83%
1959 61.08 +29.56 +93.8%
1958 31.52 +1.69 +5.68%
1957 29.82 −1.54 −4.9%
1956 31.36 +2.32 +8%
1955 29.03 +5.23 +21.96%
1954 23.81 +0.24 +1.02%
1953 23.57 +3.12 +15.26%
1952 20.45 −1.69 −7.63%
1951 22.14 +2.47 +12.54%
1950 19.67 +2.34 +13.51%
1949 17.33 −2.32 −11.82%
1948 19.65 +0.75 +3.98%
1947 18.9 +0.14 +0.74%
1946 18.76 −0.78 −3.99%
1945 19.54 −0.22 −1.13%
1944 19.76 +0.31 +1.6%
1943 19.45 +0.77 +4.13%
1942 18.68 −0.61 −3.18%
1941 19.3 +1.23 +6.8%
1940 18.07 −2.95 −14.05%
1939 21.02 −0.55 −2.57%
1938 21.57 −0.13 −0.62%
1937 21.71 +0.4 +1.9%
1936 21.3 +0.28 +1.35%
1935 21.02 +1.24 +6.25%
1934 19.78 −0.12 −0.6%
1933 19.9 +0.42 +2.17%
1932 19.48 +0.29 +1.53%
1931 19.19 +2.97 +18.3%
1930 16.22 +2.31 +16.57%
1929 13.91 −0.39 −2.7%
1928 14.3 −0.52 −3.54%
1927 14.82 +0.21 +1.44%
1926 14.61 +1.94 +15.27%
1925 12.68 +0.66 +5.52%
1924 12.01 −1.11 −8.42%
1923 13.12 +1.14 +9.52%
1922 11.98 +1.33 +12.53%
1921 10.65 +2.07 +24.08%
1920 8.58 +0.4 +4.86%
1919 8.18 −0.65 −7.38%
1918 8.83 +1.02 +13.08%
1917 7.81 −0.28 −3.47%
1916 8.09 +0.07 +0.91%
1915 8.02 −0.32 −3.86%
1914 8.34 +0.16 +1.93%
1913 8.18 +0.83 +11.3%
1912 7.35 +0.46 +6.74%
1911 6.89 −0.01 −0.2%
1910 6.9 +0.04 +0.57%
1909 6.86 −0.05 −0.71%
1908 6.91 +0 +0.01%
1907 6.91 +0.14 +2.13%
1906 6.77 −0.09 −1.31%
1905 6.86 +0.38 +5.83%
1904 6.48 −0.16 −2.42%
1903 6.64 −0.02 −0.24%
1902 6.66 −0.77 −10.31%
1901 7.42 −0.2 −2.59%
1900 7.62 −1.39 −15.47%
1899 9.01 −1.04 −10.31%
1898 10.05 +1.06 +11.84%
1897 8.98 +0.39 +4.57%
1896 8.59 +0.65 +8.21%
1895 7.94 −0.1 −1.28%
1894 8.04 +0.02 +0.2%
1893 8.03 −0.19 −2.25%
1892 8.21 −0.03 −0.32%
1891 8.24 −0.66 −7.46%
1890 8.9 +0.57 +6.84%
1889 8.33 −0.21 −2.49%
1888 8.54 +0.34 +4.16%
1887 8.2 −0.19 −2.3%
1886 8.4 −0.98 −10.49%
1885 9.38 +2.15 +29.77%
1884 7.23 +0.33 +4.8%
1883 6.9 −0.25 −3.48%
1882 7.15 +0.87 +13.92%
1881 6.27 +0.3 +5.08%
1880 5.97 +0.34 +6.04%
1879 5.63 +0.04 +0.72%
1878 5.59 +0.58 +11.47%
1877 5.02 −0.3 −5.66%
1876 5.32 +0.15 +2.92%
1875 5.17 +0.14 +2.68%
1874 5.03 −0.15 −2.82%
1873 5.18 +0.11 +2.07%
1872 5.07 +0.52 +11.4%
1871 4.55 +0.41 +9.98%
1870 4.14 +0.64 +18.43%
1869 3.5 +0.01 +0.17%
1868 3.49 +0.04 +1.04%
1867 3.45 −0.27 −7.18%
1866 3.72 −0.08 −2.21%
1865 3.8 +0.19 +5.32%
1864 3.61 −0.02 −0.61%
1863 3.63 +0.21 +6.2%
1862 3.42 −0.27 −7.21%
1861 3.69 +0.36 +10.82%
1860 3.33 −0.22 −6.23%
1859 3.55 −0.2 −5.26%
1858 3.75 +0.34 +9.85%
1857 3.41 −0.26 −6.96%
1856 3.67 −0.17 −4.41%
1855 3.83 −1.07 −21.77%
1854 4.9 +1.13 +30.07%
1853 3.77 −0.37 −8.92%
1852 4.14 −0.45 −9.89%
1851 4.59 −0.47 −9.25%
1850 5.06 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TL Timor-Leste 4.88 BN Brunei Darussalam 14.96 SG Singapore 61.18 LA Laos 61.39 KH Cambodia 91.82 MM Myanmar 185.32 PH Philippines 305.72 MY Malaysia 388.69 TH Thailand 456.71 VN Vietnam 583.5 ID Indonesia 1,902.54
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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