Angola vs Congo: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Angola

3.87 million tonnes

in 2024

Congo

3.64 million tonnes

in 2024

Angola rank

16th

Congo rank

18th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Angola currently reports 3.87 million tonnes against 3.64 million tonnes in Congo, a difference of 234,730 tonnes.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 16th and Congo ranks 18th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
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, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.