Oxide thermoelectric ceramics attract extensive research interest due to their excellent thermal stability, non-toxicity, cost-effectiveness, and earth-abundant constituent elements. In the present work, the authors study the effect of lanthanum (La) and samarium (Sm) co-doping on the structural, microstructural, and thermoelectric properties of CaMnO 3 ceramics. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies show an increase in unit cell volume with an increase in Sm concentration. A shift in Raman modes is observed, confirming distortions in MnO 6 octahedra with the substitution of rare-earth elements. The co-doping strategy leads to a two-order increment in electrical conductivity and reduction in thermopower as expected due to the increase in Mn 3+ and charge carrier concentration. The highest electrical conductivity value attained is ≈200 S cm −1 at around 570 K for La 0.025 Sm 0.1 Ca 0.875 MnO 3 . The maximum value of thermoelectric power factor achieved is 194 𝝁W m -1 K -2 , which is two orders higher than that of the undoped CaMnO 3 .