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Greenhouse gas emissions — Lesotho

Greenhouse gas emissions in Lesotho in 2024 — 6.17 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 42 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 3,806.3%.

2024 6.17 Mt CO₂e −1.36% vs 2023
World rank 42of 199
Period maximum 9.04 Mt CO₂e2016
Period minimum 0.16 Mt CO₂e1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Lesotho, 1850–202402.557.510185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.16 Mt CO₂e1853: 0.18 Mt CO₂e1856: 0.2 Mt CO₂e1859: 0.21 Mt CO₂e1862: 0.23 Mt CO₂e1865: 0.24 Mt CO₂e1868: 0.25 Mt CO₂e1871: 0.28 Mt CO₂e1874: 0.31 Mt CO₂e1877: 0.34 Mt CO₂e1880: 0.37 Mt CO₂e1883: 0.38 Mt CO₂e1886: 0.39 Mt CO₂e1889: 0.4 Mt CO₂e1892: 0.43 Mt CO₂e1895: 0.46 Mt CO₂e1898: 0.48 Mt CO₂e1901: 0.56 Mt CO₂e1904: 0.61 Mt CO₂e1907: 0.72 Mt CO₂e1910: 0.75 Mt CO₂e1913: 0.8 Mt CO₂e1916: 0.88 Mt CO₂e1919: 0.92 Mt CO₂e1922: 1.13 Mt CO₂e1925: 1.29 Mt CO₂e1928: 1.39 Mt CO₂e1931: 1.93 Mt CO₂e1934: 2.36 Mt CO₂e1937: 2.54 Mt CO₂e1940: 2.48 Mt CO₂e1943: 2.37 Mt CO₂e1946: 2.34 Mt CO₂e1949: 2.4 Mt CO₂e1952: 2.65 Mt CO₂e1955: 2.8 Mt CO₂e1958: 2.94 Mt CO₂e1961: 2.51 Mt CO₂e1964: 1.72 Mt CO₂e1967: 2.19 Mt CO₂e1970: 2.36 Mt CO₂e1973: 2.21 Mt CO₂e1976: 1.81 Mt CO₂e1979: 1.71 Mt CO₂e1982: 1.72 Mt CO₂e1985: 2.02 Mt CO₂e1988: 2.73 Mt CO₂e1991: 4.42 Mt CO₂e1994: 3.89 Mt CO₂e1997: 4.2 Mt CO₂e2000: 4.73 Mt CO₂e2003: 5.97 Mt CO₂e2006: 6.74 Mt CO₂e2009: 5.17 Mt CO₂e2012: 4.14 Mt CO₂e2015: 8.2 Mt CO₂e2018: 6.7 Mt CO₂e2021: 7.23 Mt CO₂e2024: 6.17 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +6.01 (+3,806.33%) Average annual rate: 2.13 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lesotho 6.17 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
Southern Africa computed 594.48 Mt CO₂e
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 6.17 −0.09 −1.36%
2023 6.26 −0.3 −4.62%
2022 6.56 −0.67 −9.24%
2021 7.23 +1.17 +19.39%
2020 6.05 −0.48 −7.29%
2019 6.53 −0.17 −2.55%
2018 6.7 −2.1 −23.84%
2017 8.8 −0.24 −2.69%
2016 9.04 +0.85 +10.34%
2015 8.2 +4.37 +114.19%
2014 3.83 −1.15 −23.08%
2013 4.97 +0.83 +20.12%
2012 4.14 −0.56 −11.84%
2011 4.7 −0.04 −0.87%
2010 4.74 −0.43 −8.27%
2009 5.17 −0.56 −9.81%
2008 5.73 −1.06 −15.62%
2007 6.79 +0.04 +0.65%
2006 6.74 +1.78 +35.92%
2005 4.96 −0.82 −14.2%
2004 5.78 −0.19 −3.18%
2003 5.97 +0.99 +19.9%
2002 4.98 +0.89 +21.81%
2001 4.09 −0.64 −13.55%
2000 4.73 −0.03 −0.63%
1999 4.76 +0.67 +16.38%
1998 4.09 −0.11 −2.53%
1997 4.2 +0.01 +0.14%
1996 4.19 +0.19 +4.83%
1995 4 +0.1 +2.67%
1994 3.89 −0.18 −4.49%
1993 4.08 −0.09 −2.16%
1992 4.17 −0.26 −5.81%
1991 4.42 +0.52 +13.32%
1990 3.9 +1.13 +40.55%
1989 2.78 +0.05 +1.8%
1988 2.73 −0.66 −19.58%
1987 3.39 +0.26 +8.13%
1986 3.14 +1.12 +55.68%
1985 2.02 −0.14 −6.41%
1984 2.15 +0.02 +0.75%
1983 2.14 +0.41 +24.03%
1982 1.72 −0.11 −6.21%
1981 1.84 −0.03 −1.5%
1980 1.87 +0.16 +9.13%
1979 1.71 −0.27 −13.6%
1978 1.98 +0.5 +34.19%
1977 1.47 −0.34 −18.52%
1976 1.81 −0.78 −30.1%
1975 2.59 −0.3 −10.39%
1974 2.89 +0.68 +30.98%
1973 2.21 −0.05 −2.13%
1972 2.25 −0 −0.04%
1971 2.25 −0.11 −4.65%
1970 2.36 +0.03 +1.46%
1969 2.33 +0.32 +15.75%
1968 2.01 −0.18 −8%
1967 2.19 +0.47 +27.36%
1966 1.72 −0.07 −4.02%
1965 1.79 +0.07 +4.31%
1964 1.72 −0.32 −15.72%
1963 2.04 −0.14 −6.35%
1962 2.17 −0.34 −13.49%
1961 2.51 −0.56 −18.17%
1960 3.07 −0.04 −1.22%
1959 3.11 +0.17 +5.71%
1958 2.94 −0.01 −0.44%
1957 2.95 +0.11 +3.69%
1956 2.85 +0.05 +1.6%
1955 2.8 +0.15 +5.53%
1954 2.66 −0.02 −0.9%
1953 2.68 +0.03 +1.13%
1952 2.65 +0.09 +3.6%
1951 2.56 −0.03 −1.01%
1950 2.59 +0.18 +7.62%
1949 2.4 +0.03 +1.35%
1948 2.37 −0.02 −0.92%
1947 2.39 +0.05 +2.05%
1946 2.34 +0.09 +4.13%
1945 2.25 −0 −0.04%
1944 2.25 −0.12 −4.94%
1943 2.37 +0.02 +0.77%
1942 2.35 +0.04 +1.69%
1941 2.31 −0.17 −6.89%
1940 2.48 −0.24 −8.91%
1939 2.73 +0.07 +2.56%
1938 2.66 +0.12 +4.6%
1937 2.54 +0.06 +2.29%
1936 2.48 +0.12 +5.25%
1935 2.36 +0 +0.04%
1934 2.36 +0.18 +8.21%
1933 2.18 +0.12 +5.88%
1932 2.06 +0.13 +6.74%
1931 1.93 +0.24 +13.94%
1930 1.69 +0.22 +14.86%
1929 1.47 +0.08 +5.74%
1928 1.39 +0.03 +2.5%
1927 1.36 +0.05 +3.82%
1926 1.31 +0.02 +1.47%
1925 1.29 +0.04 +3.36%
1924 1.25 +0.07 +6.03%
1923 1.18 +0.05 +4.53%
1922 1.13 +0.04 +3.39%
1921 1.09 +0.07 +6.86%
1920 1.02 +0.1 +10.39%
1919 0.92 −0.01 −1.18%
1918 0.94 +0 +0.43%
1917 0.93 +0.05 +5.44%
1916 0.88 +0 +0.46%
1915 0.88 +0.04 +4.27%
1914 0.84 +0.04 +5.64%
1913 0.8 +0.02 +2.44%
1912 0.78 +0 +0.26%
1911 0.78 +0.03 +3.88%
1910 0.75 −0.02 −1.97%
1909 0.76 +0.06 +8.07%
1908 0.71 −0.01 −1.94%
1907 0.72 +0.04 +6.67%
1906 0.68 +0.02 +3.37%
1905 0.65 +0.04 +6.7%
1904 0.61 +0.03 +5.7%
1903 0.58 −0 −0.17%
1902 0.58 +0.02 +2.84%
1901 0.56 +0.04 +6.82%
1900 0.53 +0.04 +7.54%
1899 0.49 +0.01 +1.66%
1898 0.48 +0.01 +1.68%
1897 0.48 +0.01 +1.71%
1896 0.47 +0.01 +1.74%
1895 0.46 +0.01 +2%
1894 0.45 +0.01 +1.81%
1893 0.44 +0.01 +2.08%
1892 0.43 +0.01 +2.12%
1891 0.42 +0.01 +2.66%
1890 0.41 +0.01 +2.99%
1889 0.4 +0 +0.75%
1888 0.4 +0 +0.76%
1887 0.4 +0 +0.77%
1886 0.39 +0 +0.77%
1885 0.39 +0 +1.04%
1884 0.39 +0.01 +1.85%
1883 0.38 +0 +1.07%
1882 0.37 +0 +1.08%
1881 0.37 +0.01 +1.37%
1880 0.37 +0 +1.11%
1879 0.36 +0.01 +2.56%
1878 0.35 +0.01 +2.62%
1877 0.34 +0.01 +3%
1876 0.33 +0.01 +3.42%
1875 0.32 +0.01 +3.54%
1874 0.31 +0.01 +2.98%
1873 0.3 +0.01 +3.42%
1872 0.29 +0.01 +4.29%
1871 0.28 +0.01 +4.48%
1870 0.27 +0.01 +4.69%
1869 0.26 +0.01 +2.4%
1868 0.25 +0 +1.63%
1867 0.25 +0 +0.82%
1866 0.24 +0 +1.67%
1865 0.24 +0 +1.69%
1864 0.24 +0 +2.16%
1863 0.23 +0.01 +2.21%
1862 0.23 +0.01 +2.26%
1861 0.22 +0.01 +2.79%
1860 0.22 +0.01 +2.38%
1859 0.21 +0 +1.45%
1858 0.21 +0 +1.97%
1857 0.2 +0 +1.5%
1856 0.2 +0.01 +2.56%
1855 0.2 +0.01 +2.63%
1854 0.19 +0.01 +3.26%
1853 0.18 +0.01 +3.37%
1852 0.18 +0.01 +5.33%
1851 0.17 +0.01 +6.96%
1850 0.16 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

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

SZ Eswatini 1.62 LS Lesotho 6.17 NA Namibia 17.76 BW Botswana 26.2 ZA South Africa 542.73
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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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