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

Democratic Republic of Congo

23,365 tonnes

in 2024

Liberia

25,368 tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

120th

Liberia rank

117th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Liberia currently reports 25,368 tonnes against 23,365 tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 2,003 tonnes.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 33 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 120th and Liberia ranks 117th 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.