Cape Verde vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Cape Verde

22,293 tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo

23,365 tonnes

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

122nd

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

120th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 23,365 tonnes against 22,293 tonnes in Cape Verde, a difference of 1,072 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 36 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 122nd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 120th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.