# CO₂ emissions per capita: Laos

3.140345 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 70 years from 1955 to 2024 are below.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/co2-per-capita) · [All countries and regions](/co2-per-capita).

## Every year

| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 3.140345 |
| 2023 | 3.1516066 |
| 2022 | 2.9830346 |
| 2021 | 2.929837 |
| 2020 | 2.4900937 |
| 2019 | 2.5339587 |
| 2018 | 2.873369 |
| 2017 | 2.7963116 |
| 2016 | 2.374729 |
| 2015 | 1.3503778 |
| 2014 | 0.65387225 |
| 2013 | 0.6350123 |
| 2012 | 0.5105654 |
| 2011 | 0.48187655 |
| 2010 | 0.47375357 |
| 2009 | 0.427364 |
| 2008 | 0.34661734 |
| 2007 | 0.30311298 |
| 2006 | 0.2946967 |
| 2005 | 0.22778855 |
| 2004 | 0.22182061 |
| 2003 | 0.2142815 |
| 2002 | 0.2077689 |
| 2001 | 0.19182697 |
| 2000 | 0.17682974 |
| 1999 | 0.15834379 |
| 1998 | 0.15625483 |
| 1997 | 0.15380564 |
| 1996 | 0.14931132 |
| 1995 | 0.13609742 |
| 1994 | 0.13112305 |
| 1993 | 0.12965138 |
| 1992 | 0.12999901 |
| 1991 | 0.12309382 |
| 1990 | 0.11896215 |
| 1989 | 0.05507839 |
| 1988 | 0.052180815 |
| 1987 | 0.053696863 |
| 1986 | 0.05429249 |
| 1985 | 0.054862253 |
| 1984 | 0.050359484 |
| 1983 | 0.050702017 |
| 1982 | 0.045666955 |
| 1981 | 0.04462137 |
| 1980 | 0.056753147 |
| 1979 | 0.06923491 |
| 1978 | 0.07277742 |
| 1977 | 0.07401009 |
| 1976 | 0.072924174 |
| 1975 | 0.08411711 |
| 1974 | 0.099708855 |
| 1973 | 0.17997211 |
| 1972 | 0.17393707 |
| 1971 | 0.15408261 |
| 1970 | 0.21410023 |
| 1969 | 0.12227552 |
| 1968 | 0.066189624 |
| 1967 | 0.12813666 |
| 1966 | 0.09645722 |
| 1965 | 0.07555593 |
| 1964 | 0.07413722 |
| 1963 | 0.06453352 |
| 1962 | 0.05941841 |
| 1961 | 0.052347682 |
| 1960 | 0.037995454 |
| 1959 | 0.03709067 |
| 1958 | 0.036133625 |
| 1957 | 0.029576115 |
| 1956 | 0.030261656 |
| 1955 | 0.013547247 |

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