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DR Congo Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
58,491,691
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.26%
increase
Global Share
0.11%
Per Capita
0.58
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in the DR Congo were 58,491,691 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2.26% over the previous year, representing an increase by 1,290,662 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 57,201,029 tons.
  • Per capita: 0.58 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • the DR Congo accounts for 0.11% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 58,491,691 6,209,636 42,155,366 7,481,296 2,645,393 0.58 2.26% 0.11%
2023 57,201,029 6,140,447 41,442,122 7,144,909 2,473,551 0.58 2.18% 0.11%
2022 55,977,968 6,247,539 40,082,977 7,346,408 2,301,045 0.59 5.93% 0.11%
2021 52,844,036 4,627,652 38,660,796 7,425,719 2,129,869 0.57 6.48% 0.10%
2020 49,627,780 4,631,392 35,928,750 7,113,549 1,954,089 0.55 6.06% 0.10%
2019 46,792,635 4,445,902 33,737,200 6,826,007 1,783,526 0.54 3.73% 0.092%
2018 45,108,592 4,161,859 32,709,067 6,621,325 1,616,340 0.54 1.54% 0.089%
2017 44,424,352 3,254,720 32,711,404 7,031,478 1,426,750 0.55 3.91% 0.090%
2016 42,751,251 2,990,623 31,507,219 6,981,570 1,271,838 0.54 1.17% 0.088%
2015 42,257,047 3,592,732 30,671,580 6,877,953 1,114,781 0.55 3.74% 0.087%
2014 40,734,680 3,716,161 29,471,463 6,538,267 1,008,789 0.55 5.09% 0.084%
2013 38,760,122 3,330,329 28,011,593 6,492,715 925,485 0.54 5.32% 0.080%
2012 36,802,197 3,016,419 26,665,983 6,219,336 900,459 0.53 23.17% 0.078%
2011 29,878,624 3,369,020 19,309,848 6,316,692 883,064 0.45 3.74% 0.064%
2010 28,802,807 2,945,598 18,750,693 6,229,504 877,013 0.45 4.08% 0.063%
2009 27,674,250 2,810,484 18,145,895 5,835,669 882,202 0.44 −0.03% 0.064%
2008 27,682,345 2,892,662 18,136,532 5,799,727 853,425 0.46 2.51% 0.063%
2007 27,004,448 2,819,189 17,859,912 5,504,685 820,662 0.46 2.93% 0.062%
2006 26,236,203 2,552,138 16,917,815 5,962,789 803,460 0.46 2.21% 0.062%
2005 25,669,679 2,483,346 16,623,331 5,801,513 761,488 0.47 2.54% 0.063%
2004 25,034,611 2,215,341 16,412,719 5,768,998 637,552 0.47 2.15% 0.063%
2003 24,507,561 2,319,393 16,122,532 5,531,014 534,622 0.48 5.47% 0.064%
2002 23,235,506 1,914,828 15,828,016 5,059,869 432,793 0.47 −4.64% 0.064%
2001 24,366,936 1,825,168 15,773,148 6,424,903 343,717 0.5 −7.52% 0.067%
2000 26,349,049 1,877,538 15,871,242 8,349,369 250,900 0.56 10.09% 0.074%
1999 23,934,302 2,362,470 14,854,712 6,578,895 138,226 0.52 −2.31% 0.069%
1998 24,499,509 2,556,586 15,136,213 6,711,923 94,786 0.55 3.09% 0.071%
1997 23,766,171 2,567,838 15,476,849 5,651,837 69,648 0.54 −5.26% 0.069%
1996 25,085,129 2,560,753 15,514,169 6,959,739 50,468 0.59 4.58% 0.073%
1995 23,985,553 2,316,308 15,348,082 6,288,991 32,171 0.58 2.77% 0.071%
1994 23,338,186 2,484,018 14,480,382 6,355,052 18,734 0.58 −8.39% 0.071%
1993 25,475,720 1,571,055 14,174,644 9,722,059 7,962 0.66 7.76% 0.079%
1992 23,640,967 1,629,321 14,357,563 7,649,150 4,933 0.63 2.69% 0.073%
1991 23,022,431 1,895,668 14,491,951 6,631,694 3,118 0.64 −9.12% 0.071%
1990 25,332,282 3,370,453 14,705,970 7,255,381 479 0.73 3.74% 0.079%
1989 24,419,262 3,686,179 14,156,773 6,576,310 0 0.73 −10.11% 0.076%
1988 27,165,930 3,878,071 14,153,758 9,134,101 0 0.84 4.25% 0.087%
1987 26,057,969 3,734,649 14,163,801 8,159,519 0 0.83 5.05% 0.086%
1986 24,805,955 3,401,167 13,859,153 7,545,635 0 0.81 5.24% 0.084%
1985 23,570,440 3,632,813 13,739,151 6,198,476 0 0.79 −10.33% 0.081%
1984 26,285,441 3,888,329 13,310,732 9,086,380 0 0.9 14.5% 0.091%
1983 22,955,811 3,980,524 11,899,519 7,075,768 0 0.81 9.88% 0.082%
1982 20,891,416 3,045,031 11,356,084 6,490,301 0 0.75 29.2% 0.075%
1981 16,169,905 3,785,853 10,657,689 1,726,363 0 0.6 3.18% 0.058%
1980 15,671,338 3,540,395 10,447,129 1,683,814 0 0.59 −1.9% 0.055%
1979 15,974,121 3,577,073 10,744,904 1,652,144 0 0.62 7.08% 0.056%
1978 14,917,488 3,233,612 10,061,786 1,622,091 0 0.6 −4.33% 0.053%
1977 15,592,772 3,210,968 10,774,939 1,606,865 0 0.64 −0.81% 0.057%
1976 15,720,057 3,101,686 11,026,084 1,592,286 0 0.67 43.24% 0.059%
1975 10,974,856 3,160,776 6,252,430 1,561,651 0 0.48 1.51% 0.043%
1974 10,811,503 3,215,816 6,068,721 1,526,967 0 0.49 3.38% 0.043%
1973 10,458,208 3,061,143 5,905,588 1,491,477 0 0.48 2.1% 0.041%
1972 10,243,400 3,042,474 5,743,456 1,457,471 0 0.49 2.82% 0.042%
1971 9,962,908 2,957,892 5,580,187 1,424,830 0 0.48 2.49% 0.043%
1970 9,721,169 2,927,663 5,390,999 1,402,507 0 0.49 – 0.042%

See also


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).