Lao PDR: Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions (2015-2026)

Climate TRACE provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimates for Lao People's Democratic Republic, part of a global inventory covering 2.7 million sources. The data includes annual country-level records starting in 2015 and monthly source-level observations beginning in 2021.

Use Cases

• Tracking sectoral emission shifts using the 'sub-sector' and 'gas' classifications
• Evaluating data reliability for specific assets using the 'confidence' scores
• Identifying high-impact emission sites through 'monthly source-level emissions' data

Strengths

• Multi-year coverage with annual data from 2015
• High temporal resolution with monthly source-level updates since 2021
• Inclusion of confidence metrics for modeled estimates

Limitations

• Estimates are derived from modeling rather than direct sensor measurement at every source
• Source ownership data is incomplete and only provided where available

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Modeled estimates based on a coalition of organizational data

Time Range

2015-2026

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026; includes annual data from 2015 and monthly data from 2021.

Geography

Lao People's Democratic Republic