Congo vs Iceland: Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions

Congo

6.8%

in 2024

Iceland

8.4%

in 2024

Congo rank

7th

Iceland rank

6th

Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions over time

Iceland currently reports 8.4% against 6.8% in Congo, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 41 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 7th and Iceland ranks 6th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: %
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, 22,456 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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