Congo Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
24.623.026
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0,85%
increase
Global Share
0,05%
Per Capita
3,91
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in Congo were 24.623.026 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 0,85% over the previous year, representing an increase by 206.393 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 24.416.633 tons.
- Per capita: 3,91 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- Congo accounts for 0,05% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.623.026 | 8.456.802 | 14.961.489 | 798.565 | 406.171 | 3,91 | 0,85% | 0,046% |
| 2023 | 24.416.633 | 7.867.404 | 15.479.398 | 689.977 | 379.854 | 3,98 | −0,02% | 0,046% |
| 2022 | 24.421.011 | 8.358.196 | 14.973.309 | 736.072 | 353.435 | 4,08 | 4,82% | 0,047% |
| 2021 | 23.297.999 | 7.107.990 | 15.179.100 | 683.691 | 327.219 | 3,99 | −7,38% | 0,046% |
| 2020 | 25.154.415 | 7.403.012 | 16.756.752 | 694.352 | 300.299 | 4,42 | −4,24% | 0,051% |
| 2019 | 26.268.698 | 7.239.437 | 18.040.668 | 714.416 | 274.177 | 4,74 | 4,65% | 0,052% |
| 2018 | 25.101.548 | 6.422.049 | 17.715.436 | 715.490 | 248.573 | 4,65 | 17,18% | 0,050% |
| 2017 | 21.421.596 | 5.531.165 | 14.988.628 | 682.266 | 219.537 | 4,07 | 8,45% | 0,043% |
| 2016 | 19.751.842 | 5.590.395 | 13.242.360 | 723.274 | 195.812 | 3,85 | −1,49% | 0,041% |
| 2015 | 20.050.351 | 5.750.611 | 13.410.935 | 717.046 | 171.759 | 4,01 | −0,8% | 0,041% |
| 2014 | 20.212.240 | 5.277.059 | 14.107.129 | 672.526 | 155.527 | 4,15 | 2,19% | 0,042% |
| 2013 | 19.778.768 | 5.439.159 | 13.498.469 | 698.372 | 142.769 | 4,16 | −2,85% | 0,041% |
| 2012 | 20.359.624 | 4.479.398 | 15.064.214 | 677.076 | 138.936 | 4,39 | −3,62% | 0,043% |
| 2011 | 21.125.323 | 4.851.361 | 15.480.858 | 656.832 | 136.272 | 4,68 | −3,99% | 0,045% |
| 2010 | 22.004.105 | 5.291.607 | 15.969.298 | 607.856 | 135.345 | 5,02 | 8,91% | 0,048% |
| 2009 | 20.203.370 | 4.916.350 | 14.597.322 | 553.558 | 136.140 | 4,75 | 9,04% | 0,047% |
| 2008 | 18.528.064 | 4.432.247 | 13.411.285 | 552.799 | 131.733 | 4,5 | −0,96% | 0,042% |
| 2007 | 18.708.581 | 4.264.719 | 13.782.335 | 534.690 | 126.837 | 4,71 | −14,04% | 0,043% |
| 2006 | 21.764.296 | 4.817.670 | 16.263.222 | 559.079 | 124.325 | 5,66 | 10,1% | 0,052% |
| 2005 | 19.767.829 | 4.330.629 | 14.811.076 | 508.194 | 117.931 | 5,32 | 22,31% | 0,048% |
| 2004 | 16.161.654 | 3.619.854 | 11.987.188 | 455.954 | 98.658 | 4,48 | 7,95% | 0,041% |
| 2003 | 14.971.800 | 3.566.574 | 10.889.354 | 433.127 | 82.745 | 4,27 | 13,03% | 0,039% |
| 2002 | 13.245.355 | 2.859.455 | 9.975.703 | 343.113 | 67.084 | 3,89 | −34,46% | 0,036% |
| 2001 | 20.209.072 | 4.398.892 | 15.368.809 | 388.064 | 53.307 | 6,09 | −6,74% | 0,056% |
| 2000 | 21.669.680 | 4.511.904 | 16.239.715 | 879.139 | 38.922 | 6,72 | 8,64% | 0,061% |
| 1999 | 19.945.692 | 4.169.043 | 15.257.285 | 497.830 | 21.534 | 6,36 | 1,87% | 0,057% |
| 1998 | 19.579.492 | 4.026.612 | 15.042.139 | 495.853 | 14.888 | 6,42 | 20,01% | 0,056% |
| 1997 | 16.315.448 | 3.384.404 | 12.532.199 | 387.854 | 10.992 | 5,51 | 4,15% | 0,047% |
| 1996 | 15.665.643 | 3.286.444 | 11.717.834 | 653.319 | 8.045 | 5,44 | 29,11% | 0,046% |
| 1995 | 12.133.795 | 2.730.215 | 9.024.032 | 374.368 | 5.180 | 4,33 | 23,69% | 0,036% |
| 1994 | 9.809.615 | 2.144.101 | 7.294.434 | 368.011 | 3.070 | 3,6 | −12,39% | 0,030% |
| 1993 | 11.196.785 | 2.341.906 | 8.020.415 | 833.058 | 1.406 | 4,23 | 3,12% | 0,035% |
| 1992 | 10.858.510 | 2.372.808 | 7.984.320 | 500.470 | 912 | 4,21 | 0,69% | 0,034% |
| 1991 | 10.783.756 | 2.432.991 | 7.956.043 | 394.126 | 595 | 4,3 | −1,09% | 0,033% |
| 1990 | 10.902.987 | 2.384.514 | 8.105.903 | 412.413 | 158 | 4,47 | −0,08% | 0,034% |
| 1989 | 10.911.888 | 2.420.029 | 8.035.813 | 456.000 | 46 | 4,59 | 6,27% | 0,034% |
| 1988 | 10.268.525 | 2.417.187 | 7.138.245 | 713.059 | 35 | 4,44 | 9,3% | 0,033% |
| 1987 | 9.394.719 | 2.444.478 | 6.194.713 | 755.497 | 31 | 4,18 | 7,12% | 0,031% |
| 1986 | 8.770.104 | 2.393.304 | 5.997.713 | 379.055 | 32 | 4,01 | −0,98% | 0,030% |
| 1985 | 8.857.341 | 2.456.498 | 6.023.871 | 376.966 | 6 | 4,16 | −1,95% | 0,030% |
| 1984 | 9.033.643 | 2.417.408 | 6.050.373 | 565.852 | 11 | 4,37 | 19,82% | 0,031% |
| 1983 | 7.539.193 | 2.449.539 | 4.554.442 | 535.202 | 10 | 3,75 | 1,88% | 0,027% |
| 1982 | 7.399.903 | 2.375.306 | 4.601.465 | 423.123 | 9 | 3,79 | 12,38% | 0,027% |
| 1981 | 6.584.673 | 2.047.992 | 4.312.323 | 224.346 | 12 | 3,48 | 18,85% | 0,024% |
| 1980 | 5.540.244 | 1.823.175 | 3.496.569 | 220.499 | 1 | 3,01 | 20,23% | 0,019% |
| 1979 | 4.608.141 | 1.388.853 | 3.000.057 | 219.232 | 0 | 2,58 | 3,37% | 0,016% |
| 1978 | 4.457.810 | 1.529.392 | 2.706.029 | 222.389 | 0 | 2,57 | −8,09% | 0,016% |
| 1977 | 4.850.376 | 2.469.399 | 2.160.976 | 220.001 | 0 | 2,88 | −52,95% | 0,018% |
| 1976 | 10.308.045 | 7.696.909 | 2.370.503 | 240.633 | 0 | 6,29 | −0,06% | 0,039% |
| 1975 | 10.314.197 | 7.965.086 | 2.111.505 | 237.606 | 0 | 6,49 | −34,65% | 0,041% |
| 1974 | 15.782.802 | 12.884.346 | 2.645.003 | 253.452 | 0 | 10,23 | 37,65% | 0,062% |
| 1973 | 11.465.574 | 8.958.862 | 2.274.824 | 231.889 | 0 | 7,66 | 287,64% | 0,045% |
| 1972 | 2.957.797 | 1.978.190 | 779.718 | 199.888 | 0 | 2,04 | 7,62% | 0,012% |
| 1971 | 2.748.458 | 2.065.606 | 485.598 | 197.254 | 0 | 1,95 | 11,31% | 0,012% |
| 1970 | 2.469.303 | 1.803.272 | 472.459 | 193.572 | 0 | 1,81 | – | 0,011% |
See also
- Congo CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of Congo
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).