Congo vs Equatorial Guinea: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Congo
0.3686 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Equatorial Guinea
0.3713 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Congo rank
27th
Equatorial Guinea rank
26th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.3713 kilograms per international-$ against 0.3686 kilograms per international-$ in Congo, a difference of 0.0027 kilograms per international-$.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Congo ranks 27th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 26th of 164 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0914 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1288 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0374 kilograms per international-$ | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1960s | 0.1264 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0648 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0616 kilograms per international-$ | Congo |
| 1970s | 0.2139 kilograms per international-$ | 0.096 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1179 kilograms per international-$ | Congo |
| 1980s | 0.1392 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1006 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0385 kilograms per international-$ | Congo |
| 1990s | 0.2699 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4194 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1495 kilograms per international-$ | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.2475 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2666 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0191 kilograms per international-$ | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.218 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2607 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0427 kilograms per international-$ | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.3426 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3524 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0099 kilograms per international-$ | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp, Congo or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 0.3713 kilograms per international-$ against 0.3686 kilograms per international-$ in Congo as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between Congo and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.0027 kilograms per international-$, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Equatorial Guinea?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
- How do Congo and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Congo ranks 27th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 26th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).