Canada vs Congo: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Canada
2.82 tonnes per person
in 2024
Congo
2.74 tonnes per person
in 2024
Canada rank
18th
Congo rank
19th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Canada
- Congo
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2.82 tonnes per person against 2.74 tonnes per person in Congo, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 18th and Congo ranks 19th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 12 and Congo in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 30.01 tonnes per person | 2.73 tonnes per person | 27.29 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1860s | 34.27 tonnes per person | 19.75 tonnes per person | 14.52 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1870s | 30.73 tonnes per person | 32.35 tonnes per person | 1.62 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1880s | 30.26 tonnes per person | 30.24 tonnes per person | 0.0192 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1890s | 25.46 tonnes per person | 2.97 tonnes per person | 22.49 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1900s | 41.28 tonnes per person | -11.2 tonnes per person | 52.48 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1910s | 45.12 tonnes per person | -18.27 tonnes per person | 63.39 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1920s | 36.07 tonnes per person | 27.47 tonnes per person | 8.6 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1930s | 29.28 tonnes per person | 41.09 tonnes per person | 11.81 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1940s | 21.86 tonnes per person | 57.57 tonnes per person | 35.71 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1950s | 26.54 tonnes per person | 72.83 tonnes per person | 46.29 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1960s | 18.06 tonnes per person | 19.03 tonnes per person | 0.9722 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1970s | 11.28 tonnes per person | 5.2 tonnes per person | 6.09 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1980s | 9.84 tonnes per person | 3.24 tonnes per person | 6.59 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1990s | 8.15 tonnes per person | 5.48 tonnes per person | 2.67 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 2000s | 6.64 tonnes per person | 5.13 tonnes per person | 1.52 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 2010s | 3.84 tonnes per person | 4.39 tonnes per person | 0.5481 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 2020s | 3.11 tonnes per person | 3 tonnes per person | 0.1142 tonnes per person | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Canada or Congo?
- Canada, at 2.82 tonnes per person against 2.74 tonnes per person in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Canada and Congo?
- 0.08 tonnes per person, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Congo?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Congo rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Canada ranks 18th and Congo ranks 19th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.