Democratic Republic of the 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo were 58,491,691 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 2.3% 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 6.56 t).
- the Democratic Republic of the 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% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 45,108,592 | 4,161,859 | 32,709,067 | 6,621,325 | 1,616,340 | 0.54 | 1.54% | 0.09% |
| 2017 | 44,424,352 | 3,254,720 | 32,711,404 | 7,031,478 | 1,426,750 | 0.55 | 3.91% | 0.09% |
| 2016 | 42,751,251 | 2,990,623 | 31,507,219 | 6,981,570 | 1,271,838 | 0.54 | 1.17% | 0.09% |
| 2015 | 42,257,047 | 3,592,732 | 30,671,580 | 6,877,953 | 1,114,781 | 0.55 | 3.74% | 0.09% |
| 2014 | 40,734,680 | 3,716,161 | 29,471,463 | 6,538,267 | 1,008,789 | 0.55 | 5.09% | 0.08% |
| 2013 | 38,760,122 | 3,330,329 | 28,011,593 | 6,492,715 | 925,485 | 0.54 | 5.32% | 0.08% |
| 2012 | 36,802,197 | 3,016,419 | 26,665,983 | 6,219,336 | 900,459 | 0.53 | 23.17% | 0.08% |
| 2011 | 29,878,624 | 3,369,020 | 19,309,848 | 6,316,692 | 883,064 | 0.45 | 3.74% | 0.06% |
| 2010 | 28,802,807 | 2,945,598 | 18,750,693 | 6,229,504 | 877,013 | 0.45 | 4.08% | 0.06% |
| 2009 | 27,674,250 | 2,810,484 | 18,145,895 | 5,835,669 | 882,202 | 0.44 | −0.03% | 0.06% |
| 2008 | 27,682,345 | 2,892,662 | 18,136,532 | 5,799,727 | 853,425 | 0.46 | 2.51% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 27,004,448 | 2,819,189 | 17,859,912 | 5,504,685 | 820,662 | 0.46 | 2.93% | 0.06% |
| 2006 | 26,236,203 | 2,552,138 | 16,917,815 | 5,962,789 | 803,460 | 0.46 | 2.21% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 25,669,679 | 2,483,346 | 16,623,331 | 5,801,513 | 761,488 | 0.47 | 2.54% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 25,034,611 | 2,215,341 | 16,412,719 | 5,768,998 | 637,552 | 0.47 | 2.15% | 0.06% |
| 2003 | 24,507,561 | 2,319,393 | 16,122,532 | 5,531,014 | 534,622 | 0.48 | 5.47% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 23,235,506 | 1,914,828 | 15,828,016 | 5,059,869 | 432,793 | 0.47 | −4.64% | 0.06% |
| 2001 | 24,366,936 | 1,825,168 | 15,773,148 | 6,424,903 | 343,717 | 0.5 | −7.52% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 26,349,049 | 1,877,538 | 15,871,242 | 8,349,369 | 250,900 | 0.56 | 10.09% | 0.07% |
| 1999 | 23,934,302 | 2,362,470 | 14,854,712 | 6,578,895 | 138,226 | 0.52 | −2.31% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 24,499,509 | 2,556,586 | 15,136,213 | 6,711,923 | 94,786 | 0.55 | 3.09% | 0.07% |
| 1997 | 23,766,171 | 2,567,838 | 15,476,849 | 5,651,837 | 69,648 | 0.54 | −5.26% | 0.07% |
| 1996 | 25,085,129 | 2,560,753 | 15,514,169 | 6,959,739 | 50,468 | 0.59 | 4.58% | 0.07% |
| 1995 | 23,985,553 | 2,316,308 | 15,348,082 | 6,288,991 | 32,171 | 0.58 | 2.77% | 0.07% |
| 1994 | 23,338,186 | 2,484,018 | 14,480,382 | 6,355,052 | 18,734 | 0.58 | −8.39% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 25,475,720 | 1,571,055 | 14,174,644 | 9,722,059 | 7,962 | 0.66 | 7.76% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 23,640,967 | 1,629,321 | 14,357,563 | 7,649,150 | 4,933 | 0.63 | 2.69% | 0.07% |
| 1991 | 23,022,431 | 1,895,668 | 14,491,951 | 6,631,694 | 3,118 | 0.64 | −9.12% | 0.07% |
| 1990 | 25,332,282 | 3,370,453 | 14,705,970 | 7,255,381 | 479 | 0.73 | 3.74% | 0.08% |
| 1989 | 24,419,262 | 3,686,179 | 14,156,773 | 6,576,310 | 0 | 0.73 | −10.11% | 0.08% |
| 1988 | 27,165,930 | 3,878,071 | 14,153,758 | 9,134,101 | 0 | 0.84 | 4.25% | 0.09% |
| 1987 | 26,057,969 | 3,734,649 | 14,163,801 | 8,159,519 | 0 | 0.83 | 5.05% | 0.09% |
| 1986 | 24,805,955 | 3,401,167 | 13,859,153 | 7,545,635 | 0 | 0.81 | 5.24% | 0.08% |
| 1985 | 23,570,440 | 3,632,813 | 13,739,151 | 6,198,476 | 0 | 0.79 | −10.33% | 0.08% |
| 1984 | 26,285,441 | 3,888,329 | 13,310,732 | 9,086,380 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.5% | 0.09% |
| 1983 | 22,955,811 | 3,980,524 | 11,899,519 | 7,075,768 | 0 | 0.81 | 9.88% | 0.08% |
| 1982 | 20,891,416 | 3,045,031 | 11,356,084 | 6,490,301 | 0 | 0.75 | 29.2% | 0.08% |
| 1981 | 16,169,905 | 3,785,853 | 10,657,689 | 1,726,363 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.18% | 0.06% |
| 1980 | 15,671,338 | 3,540,395 | 10,447,129 | 1,683,814 | 0 | 0.59 | −1.9% | 0.06% |
| 1979 | 15,974,121 | 3,577,073 | 10,744,904 | 1,652,144 | 0 | 0.62 | 7.08% | 0.06% |
| 1978 | 14,917,488 | 3,233,612 | 10,061,786 | 1,622,091 | 0 | 0.6 | −4.33% | 0.05% |
| 1977 | 15,592,772 | 3,210,968 | 10,774,939 | 1,606,865 | 0 | 0.64 | −0.81% | 0.06% |
| 1976 | 15,720,057 | 3,101,686 | 11,026,084 | 1,592,286 | 0 | 0.67 | 43.24% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 10,974,856 | 3,160,776 | 6,252,430 | 1,561,651 | 0 | 0.48 | 1.51% | 0.04% |
| 1974 | 10,811,503 | 3,215,816 | 6,068,721 | 1,526,967 | 0 | 0.49 | 3.38% | 0.04% |
| 1973 | 10,458,208 | 3,061,143 | 5,905,588 | 1,491,477 | 0 | 0.48 | 2.1% | 0.04% |
| 1972 | 10,243,400 | 3,042,474 | 5,743,456 | 1,457,471 | 0 | 0.49 | 2.82% | 0.04% |
| 1971 | 9,962,908 | 2,957,892 | 5,580,187 | 1,424,830 | 0 | 0.48 | 2.49% | 0.04% |
| 1970 | 9,721,169 | 2,927,663 | 5,390,999 | 1,402,507 | 0 | 0.49 | – | 0.04% |
See also
- Democratic Republic of the Congo CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of the Democratic Republic of the 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).