Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nitrous oxide emissions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 17.62 Mt. Ranked 167 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,870.8%.

2024 17.62 Mt +1.84% vs 2023
World rank 167of 201
Period maximum 17.62 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.59 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1850–202405101520185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.59 Mt1853: 0.63 Mt1856: 0.66 Mt1859: 0.67 Mt1862: 0.68 Mt1865: 0.68 Mt1868: 0.69 Mt1871: 0.7 Mt1874: 0.81 Mt1877: 0.96 Mt1880: 1.06 Mt1883: 1.09 Mt1886: 1.11 Mt1889: 1.14 Mt1892: 1.22 Mt1895: 1.25 Mt1898: 1.3 Mt1901: 1.35 Mt1904: 1.39 Mt1907: 1.45 Mt1910: 1.52 Mt1913: 1.69 Mt1916: 1.97 Mt1919: 2.27 Mt1922: 2.54 Mt1925: 2.87 Mt1928: 3.12 Mt1931: 3.18 Mt1934: 3.05 Mt1937: 2.89 Mt1940: 2.82 Mt1943: 4.86 Mt1946: 8.93 Mt1949: 12.04 Mt1952: 11.95 Mt1955: 10.25 Mt1958: 8.56 Mt1961: 8.56 Mt1964: 8.5 Mt1967: 8.54 Mt1970: 14.37 Mt1973: 8.03 Mt1976: 7.2 Mt1979: 13.31 Mt1982: 12.98 Mt1985: 9.66 Mt1988: 10.76 Mt1991: 15.24 Mt1994: 15.14 Mt1997: 12.26 Mt2000: 14.41 Mt2003: 15.59 Mt2006: 16.84 Mt2009: 15.71 Mt2012: 15.14 Mt2015: 16.48 Mt2018: 15.86 Mt2021: 16.93 Mt2024: 17.62 Mt
Change over the period: +17.02 (+2,870.83%) Average annual rate: 1.97 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo 17.62 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Middle Africa computed 84.86 Mt
Low-income countries computed 266.58 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 17.62 +0.32 +1.84%
2023 17.3 +0.09 +0.51%
2022 17.21 +0.28 +1.65%
2021 16.93 +0.29 +1.73%
2020 16.64 +0.27 +1.64%
2019 16.37 +0.52 +3.25%
2018 15.86 −1.09 −6.44%
2017 16.95 +0.34 +2.02%
2016 16.62 +0.14 +0.85%
2015 16.48 +0.64 +4.02%
2014 15.84 −0.28 −1.71%
2013 16.12 +0.98 +6.45%
2012 15.14 −0.45 −2.86%
2011 15.58 −0.74 −4.54%
2010 16.33 +0.62 +3.91%
2009 15.71 −0.05 −0.29%
2008 15.76 +0.86 +5.79%
2007 14.9 −1.94 −11.53%
2006 16.84 +0.4 +2.43%
2005 16.44 −0.24 −1.45%
2004 16.68 +1.09 +6.99%
2003 15.59 +1.39 +9.75%
2002 14.2 +1.55 +12.26%
2001 12.65 −1.76 −12.23%
2000 14.41 +1.89 +15.08%
1999 12.53 −0.87 −6.47%
1998 13.39 +1.14 +9.27%
1997 12.26 −0.95 −7.16%
1996 13.2 −1.87 −12.41%
1995 15.07 −0.07 −0.44%
1994 15.14 −2.01 −11.72%
1993 17.15 +1.24 +7.82%
1992 15.9 +0.67 +4.38%
1991 15.24 −0.45 −2.88%
1990 15.69 +5.06 +47.61%
1989 10.63 −0.14 −1.27%
1988 10.76 −3.75 −25.83%
1987 14.51 +4.4 +43.44%
1986 10.12 +0.46 +4.74%
1985 9.66 −1.5 −13.4%
1984 11.15 −2 −15.22%
1983 13.16 +0.18 +1.38%
1982 12.98 +4.53 +53.69%
1981 8.44 −1.86 −18.03%
1980 10.3 −3.01 −22.61%
1979 13.31 +4.01 +43.1%
1978 9.3 +0.58 +6.67%
1977 8.72 +1.52 +21.11%
1976 7.2 −1.29 −15.18%
1975 8.49 +1.94 +29.52%
1974 6.55 −1.47 −18.36%
1973 8.03 +0.8 +11.08%
1972 7.23 +0.79 +12.24%
1971 6.44 −7.93 −55.18%
1970 14.37 +5.71 +65.94%
1969 8.66 +0.05 +0.62%
1968 8.6 +0.06 +0.74%
1967 8.54 +0.03 +0.4%
1966 8.51 +0.05 +0.63%
1965 8.45 −0.05 −0.54%
1964 8.5 −0.01 −0.15%
1963 8.51 −0.03 −0.34%
1962 8.54 −0.02 −0.21%
1961 8.56 +0.39 +4.76%
1960 8.17 −0.08 −0.98%
1959 8.25 −0.31 −3.56%
1958 8.56 −0.47 −5.23%
1957 9.03 −0.58 −6.08%
1956 9.61 −0.64 −6.24%
1955 10.25 −0.64 −5.88%
1954 10.89 −0.58 −5.09%
1953 11.48 −0.47 −3.97%
1952 11.95 −0.31 −2.5%
1951 12.26 −0.08 −0.67%
1950 12.34 +0.3 +2.53%
1949 12.04 +0.74 +6.59%
1948 11.29 +1.07 +10.5%
1947 10.22 +1.29 +14.46%
1946 8.93 +1.4 +18.58%
1945 7.53 +1.39 +22.72%
1944 6.14 +1.28 +26.36%
1943 4.86 +1.05 +27.69%
1942 3.8 +0.72 +23.23%
1941 3.09 +0.27 +9.55%
1940 2.82 −0 −0.18%
1939 2.82 −0.02 −0.88%
1938 2.85 −0.04 −1.42%
1937 2.89 −0.05 −1.77%
1936 2.94 −0.06 −1.9%
1935 3 −0.06 −1.87%
1934 3.05 −0.05 −1.71%
1933 3.11 −0.04 −1.33%
1932 3.15 −0.03 −0.85%
1931 3.18 −0.01 −0.22%
1930 3.18 +0.02 +0.6%
1929 3.16 +0.05 +1.51%
1928 3.12 +0.07 +2.23%
1927 3.05 +0.09 +2.87%
1926 2.96 +0.1 +3.42%
1925 2.87 +0.11 +3.84%
1924 2.76 +0.11 +4.07%
1923 2.65 +0.11 +4.25%
1922 2.54 +0.1 +4.13%
1921 2.44 +0.09 +3.82%
1920 2.35 +0.09 +3.89%
1919 2.27 +0.1 +4.38%
1918 2.17 +0.1 +4.88%
1917 2.07 +0.1 +5.13%
1916 1.97 +0.1 +5.3%
1915 1.87 +0.09 +5.3%
1914 1.78 +0.09 +5.03%
1913 1.69 +0.07 +4.51%
1912 1.62 +0.06 +3.65%
1911 1.56 +0.04 +2.56%
1910 1.52 +0.03 +1.88%
1909 1.49 +0.02 +1.63%
1908 1.47 +0.02 +1.52%
1907 1.45 +0.02 +1.4%
1906 1.43 +0.02 +1.28%
1905 1.41 +0.02 +1.22%
1904 1.39 +0.02 +1.16%
1903 1.38 +0.01 +1.1%
1902 1.36 +0.02 +1.19%
1901 1.35 +0.02 +1.2%
1900 1.33 +0.01 +1.14%
1899 1.31 +0.02 +1.23%
1898 1.3 +0.02 +1.17%
1897 1.28 +0.01 +1.18%
1896 1.27 +0.01 +1.12%
1895 1.25 +0.01 +1.05%
1894 1.24 +0.01 +1.14%
1893 1.23 +0.01 +0.99%
1892 1.22 +0.01 +1%
1891 1.2 +0.01 +1.01%
1890 1.19 +0.06 +4.93%
1889 1.14 +0.01 +0.71%
1888 1.13 +0.01 +0.62%
1887 1.12 +0.01 +0.54%
1886 1.11 +0.01 +0.63%
1885 1.11 +0.01 +0.64%
1884 1.1 +0.01 +0.73%
1883 1.09 +0.01 +0.74%
1882 1.08 +0.01 +1.03%
1881 1.07 +0.01 +1.13%
1880 1.06 +0.02 +2.02%
1879 1.04 +0.03 +3.38%
1878 1.01 +0.04 +4.57%
1877 0.96 +0.05 +5.37%
1876 0.91 +0.05 +6.04%
1875 0.86 +0.05 +6.3%
1874 0.81 +0.05 +6.02%
1873 0.76 +0.04 +5.23%
1872 0.73 +0.03 +3.71%
1871 0.7 +0.01 +1.6%
1870 0.69 +0 +0.29%
1869 0.69 +0 +0.15%
1868 0.69 +0 +0.29%
1867 0.68 +0 +0.15%
1866 0.68 +0 +0.15%
1865 0.68 +0 +0.15%
1864 0.68 +0 +0.15%
1863 0.68 +0 +0.15%
1862 0.68 +0 +0.3%
1861 0.68 +0 +0.3%
1860 0.68 +0 +0.3%
1859 0.67 +0.01 +0.75%
1858 0.67 +0.01 +0.91%
1857 0.66 +0.01 +1.07%
1856 0.66 +0.01 +1.39%
1855 0.65 +0.01 +1.41%
1854 0.64 +0.01 +1.59%
1853 0.63 +0.01 +1.79%
1852 0.62 +0.01 +1.99%
1851 0.6 +0.01 +1.85%
1850 0.59

About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

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