Congo vs United Kingdom: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Congo

3.64 million tonnes

in 2024

United Kingdom

3.42 million tonnes

in 2024

Congo rank

18th

United Kingdom rank

21st

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Congo currently reports 3.64 million tonnes against 3.42 million tonnes in United Kingdom, a difference of 219,390 tonnes.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Congo ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 21st 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.