Congo vs Nepal: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita

Congo

361.81 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Nepal

356.51 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Congo rank

6th

Nepal rank

7th

Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita over time

Congo
Nepal

How they compare

Congo currently reports 361.81 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 356.51 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Nepal, a difference of 5.29 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Nepal ahead.

Congo ranks 6th and Nepal ranks 7th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
Unit: grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.