Democratic Republic of Congo

CO₂ from fossil fuels and industry in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2022.

2022 at a glance

Total: 5.89 million tonnes129th of 164 countries in 2022
Per person: 0.0575 tonnes164th of 164 countries in 2022
Per unit of GDP: 0.0645 kg per international dollar (2011 prices, PPP)161st of 164 countries in 2022

In 2024, the latest year with a total, Democratic Republic of Congo emitted 5.90 million tonnes.

The trend

CO2 emissions, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1950 to 2024

CO2 from fossil fuels and industry in Democratic Republic of Congo was 5.90 million tonnes in 2024, 39% more than in 1990. The highest yearly total between 1950 and 2024 was 5.90 million tonnes, in 2024.

Show the data as a table

Every fifth year and the latest
Year	Million tonnes
1950	1.48
1955	3.39
1960	2.32
1965	2.47
1970	2.71
1975	3.23
1980	3.49
1985	3.61
1990	4.25
1995	3.10
2000	1.70
2005	2.29
2010	2.74
2015	3.27
2020	4.30
2024	5.90

By source, 2022

CO2 by source, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2022, million tonnes
Source	Million tonnes
Coal	0.0528
Oil	4.63
Gas	0
Cement	0.822
Gas flaring	0.387

Sources

Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (owid-co2-data.csv): countries from 1950. Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions), based on the Global Carbon Budget (2025), the Maddison Project Database 2023 (Bolt and van Zanden) and OWID's population series. Retrieved 16 October 2026. Terms. Trimmed from the published file.

Share our chart with a credit and a link (CC BY 4.0).