Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Republic of the Congo

Greenhouse gases per capita in the Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 6.61 t/person. Ranked 132 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 5.1%.

2024 6.61 t/person −4.3% vs 2023
World rank 132of 199
Period maximum 75.68 t/person1959
Period minimum -13.03 t/person1919

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Republic of the Congo, 1850–2024-250255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 6.3 t/person1853: 3.78 t/person1856: 3.02 t/person1859: 2.48 t/person1862: 17.08 t/person1865: 18.88 t/person1868: 20.1 t/person1871: 26.79 t/person1874: 28.71 t/person1877: 29.61 t/person1880: 28.07 t/person1883: 26.49 t/person1886: 26.27 t/person1889: 25.98 t/person1892: 6.94 t/person1895: 3.2 t/person1898: -0.31 t/person1901: -2.78 t/person1904: -5.9 t/person1907: -8.37 t/person1910: -10.49 t/person1913: -11.66 t/person1916: -12.45 t/person1919: -13.03 t/person1922: 23.92 t/person1925: 30.13 t/person1928: 34.41 t/person1931: 36.93 t/person1934: 37.94 t/person1937: 39.07 t/person1940: 48.25 t/person1943: 54.04 t/person1946: 54.78 t/person1949: 54.54 t/person1952: 64.47 t/person1955: 69.65 t/person1958: 73.77 t/person1961: 29.87 t/person1964: 17.92 t/person1967: 12.42 t/person1970: 11.48 t/person1973: 10.17 t/person1976: 8.56 t/person1979: 7.65 t/person1982: 9.55 t/person1985: 7.75 t/person1988: 7.82 t/person1991: 7.12 t/person1994: 8.89 t/person1997: 15.55 t/person2000: 15.14 t/person2003: 9.63 t/person2006: 9.66 t/person2009: 9.62 t/person2012: 10.04 t/person2015: 8.43 t/person2018: 7.6 t/person2021: 7.03 t/person2024: 6.61 t/person
Change over the period: +0.32 (+5.05%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 6.61 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3.04 t/person
Middle Africa computed 5.55 t/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.14 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 6.61 −0.3 −4.3%
2023 6.91 −0.27 −3.73%
2022 7.18 +0.15 +2.15%
2021 7.03 −0.78 −10.01%
2020 7.81 +0.65 +9.09%
2019 7.16 −0.44 −5.75%
2018 7.6 −0.6 −7.28%
2017 8.19 +0.71 +9.52%
2016 7.48 −0.95 −11.32%
2015 8.43 +1.2 +16.54%
2014 7.24 −2.05 −22.07%
2013 9.29 −0.76 −7.53%
2012 10.04 −0.71 −6.64%
2011 10.76 +0.19 +1.82%
2010 10.56 +0.94 +9.78%
2009 9.62 +0.1 +1.01%
2008 9.53 −0.18 −1.87%
2007 9.71 +0.05 +0.51%
2006 9.66 +0.09 +0.97%
2005 9.57 +0.7 +7.91%
2004 8.87 −0.76 −7.93%
2003 9.63 +0.98 +11.29%
2002 8.65 −3.24 −27.24%
2001 11.89 −3.25 −21.45%
2000 15.14 −2.16 −12.48%
1999 17.3 −0.18 −1.03%
1998 17.48 +1.93 +12.38%
1997 15.55 +4.73 +43.76%
1996 10.82 +1.25 +13.07%
1995 9.57 +0.68 +7.69%
1994 8.89 +1.71 +23.88%
1993 7.17 −0.66 −8.42%
1992 7.83 +0.71 +9.99%
1991 7.12 −0.66 −8.51%
1990 7.78 +0.18 +2.41%
1989 7.6 −0.22 −2.79%
1988 7.82 +0.22 +2.95%
1987 7.59 +0.5 +7%
1986 7.1 −0.65 −8.42%
1985 7.75 −1.18 −13.23%
1984 8.93 +0.56 +6.7%
1983 8.37 −1.18 −12.4%
1982 9.55 −0.33 −3.31%
1981 9.88 +2.15 +27.73%
1980 7.73 +0.08 +1.1%
1979 7.65 +0.97 +14.44%
1978 6.69 −0.38 −5.33%
1977 7.06 −1.5 −17.52%
1976 8.56 −0.74 −7.99%
1975 9.3 −0.96 −9.38%
1974 10.27 +0.1 +1%
1973 10.17 +0.84 +9.03%
1972 9.32 +0.24 +2.68%
1971 9.08 −2.4 −20.88%
1970 11.48 +0.4 +3.65%
1969 11.07 −0.54 −4.67%
1968 11.62 −0.8 −6.45%
1967 12.42 −1.86 −13.05%
1966 14.28 −1.19 −7.67%
1965 15.47 −2.45 −13.69%
1964 17.92 −2.22 −11.02%
1963 20.14 −3.38 −14.36%
1962 23.52 −6.35 −21.27%
1961 29.87 −14.93 −33.32%
1960 44.8 −30.88 −40.81%
1959 75.68 +1.91 +2.59%
1958 73.77 +1.68 +2.34%
1957 72.09 +2.41 +3.45%
1956 69.68 +0.03 +0.05%
1955 69.65 +1.9 +2.8%
1954 67.75 +3.56 +5.55%
1953 64.19 −0.28 −0.44%
1952 64.47 +1.5 +2.39%
1951 62.97 +4.34 +7.4%
1950 58.63 +4.09 +7.49%
1949 54.54 −0.31 −0.56%
1948 54.85 +0.04 +0.07%
1947 54.81 +0.03 +0.06%
1946 54.78 +0.14 +0.25%
1945 54.64 +0.51 +0.94%
1944 54.13 +0.09 +0.16%
1943 54.04 +1.09 +2.05%
1942 52.96 +1.45 +2.82%
1941 51.51 +3.26 +6.75%
1940 48.25 +9.5 +24.5%
1939 38.76 −0.55 −1.39%
1938 39.3 +0.23 +0.6%
1937 39.07 +0.31 +0.79%
1936 38.76 +0.25 +0.65%
1935 38.51 +0.57 +1.52%
1934 37.94 +0.34 +0.9%
1933 37.6 +0.6 +1.62%
1932 37 +0.07 +0.19%
1931 36.93 +0.84 +2.33%
1930 36.08 +0.29 +0.8%
1929 35.8 +1.39 +4.04%
1928 34.41 +1.39 +4.2%
1927 33.02 +1.53 +4.86%
1926 31.49 +1.36 +4.5%
1925 30.13 +2.1 +7.47%
1924 28.04 +1.71 +6.48%
1923 26.33 +2.42 +10.1%
1922 23.92 +6.1 +34.25%
1921 17.81 +8.39 +88.99%
1920 9.43 +22.46 +172.35%
1919 -13.03 −1.04 −8.67%
1918 -11.99 +0.6 +4.77%
1917 -12.59 −0.14 −1.12%
1916 -12.45 −0.14 −1.15%
1915 -12.31 −0.5 −4.25%
1914 -11.81 −0.15 −1.3%
1913 -11.66 −0.48 −4.29%
1912 -11.18 +0.1 +0.91%
1911 -11.28 −0.79 −7.49%
1910 -10.49 −0.4 −4%
1909 -10.09 −0.48 −5.05%
1908 -9.61 −1.24 −14.8%
1907 -8.37 −0.79 −10.41%
1906 -7.58 −1.07 −16.42%
1905 -6.51 −0.61 −10.4%
1904 -5.9 −1.05 −21.77%
1903 -4.84 −1.07 −28.4%
1902 -3.77 −1 −35.89%
1901 -2.78 −0.97 −53.4%
1900 -1.81 −0.76 −71.96%
1899 -1.05 −0.74 −240.45%
1898 -0.31 −1.23 −133.62%
1897 0.92 −0.85 −48.14%
1896 1.77 −1.43 −44.61%
1895 3.2 −0.94 −22.64%
1894 4.14 −1.33 −24.28%
1893 5.46 −1.48 −21.36%
1892 6.94 −3.06 −30.55%
1891 10 −4.71 −32.03%
1890 14.71 −11.26 −43.36%
1889 25.98 +0.2 +0.76%
1888 25.78 +0.07 +0.27%
1887 25.71 −0.56 −2.15%
1886 26.27 −0.06 −0.23%
1885 26.33 −0.17 −0.63%
1884 26.5 +0.02 +0.06%
1883 26.49 −0.46 −1.69%
1882 26.94 −0.36 −1.33%
1881 27.3 −0.77 −2.75%
1880 28.07 −1.35 −4.58%
1879 29.42 −0.15 −0.49%
1878 29.57 −0.05 −0.15%
1877 29.61 +0.99 +3.45%
1876 28.63 −0.01 −0.05%
1875 28.64 −0.07 −0.25%
1874 28.71 +0.16 +0.55%
1873 28.56 +0.69 +2.49%
1872 27.86 +1.07 +4.01%
1871 26.79 +2.3 +9.38%
1870 24.49 +4.13 +20.26%
1869 20.37 +0.26 +1.31%
1868 20.1 +0.36 +1.84%
1867 19.74 +0.42 +2.16%
1866 19.32 +0.45 +2.36%
1865 18.88 +0.45 +2.43%
1864 18.43 +0.63 +3.54%
1863 17.8 +0.72 +4.19%
1862 17.08 +1.62 +10.45%
1861 15.47 +4.07 +35.74%
1860 11.39 +8.91 +359.25%
1859 2.48 +0.24 +10.46%
1858 2.25 −0.59 −20.83%
1857 2.84 −0.18 −5.9%
1856 3.02 −0.23 −7.17%
1855 3.25 −0.4 −10.87%
1854 3.64 −0.13 −3.47%
1853 3.78 −0.41 −9.78%
1852 4.18 −0.76 −15.39%
1851 4.95 −1.35 −21.45%
1850 6.3

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.