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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Rwanda: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.0645 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Rwanda
0.0688 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
161st
Rwanda rank
159th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.0688 kilograms per international-$ against 0.0645 kilograms per international-$ in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0042 kilograms per international-$.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 161st and Rwanda ranks 159th of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).