Lesotho CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Lesotho emit in 2017?

Lesotho emitted 2.51 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Lesotho in 2017?

In 2017, Lesotho emitted 1.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 2170622.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 2.51 million tonnes emitted by Lesotho in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 0.66 0.3
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 1.86 0.86
Cement 0.0 0.0
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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