Congo vs Gabon: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Congo
2.74 tonnes per person
in 2024
Gabon
2.9 tonnes per person
in 2024
Congo rank
19th
Gabon rank
16th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Congo
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 2.9 tonnes per person against 2.74 tonnes per person in Congo, a difference of 0.16 tonnes per person.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Gabon ahead.
Congo ranks 19th and Gabon ranks 16th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 9 and Gabon in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.73 tonnes per person | 8.68 tonnes per person | 5.95 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 1860s | 19.75 tonnes per person | 9.63 tonnes per person | 10.11 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1870s | 32.35 tonnes per person | 11.5 tonnes per person | 20.85 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1880s | 30.24 tonnes per person | 11.51 tonnes per person | 18.74 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1890s | 2.97 tonnes per person | 1.36 tonnes per person | 1.6 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1900s | -11.2 tonnes per person | -3.18 tonnes per person | 8.02 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 1910s | -18.27 tonnes per person | -5.18 tonnes per person | 13.09 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 1920s | 27.47 tonnes per person | 12.14 tonnes per person | 15.33 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1930s | 41.09 tonnes per person | 15.88 tonnes per person | 25.21 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1940s | 57.57 tonnes per person | 23.16 tonnes per person | 34.41 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1950s | 72.83 tonnes per person | 15.49 tonnes per person | 57.34 tonnes per person | Congo |
| 1960s | 19.03 tonnes per person | 19.54 tonnes per person | 0.5068 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 1970s | 5.2 tonnes per person | 24.8 tonnes per person | 19.6 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 1980s | 3.24 tonnes per person | 7.03 tonnes per person | 3.79 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 1990s | 5.48 tonnes per person | 9.45 tonnes per person | 3.96 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 2000s | 5.13 tonnes per person | 8.64 tonnes per person | 3.51 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 2010s | 4.39 tonnes per person | 4.73 tonnes per person | 0.3399 tonnes per person | Gabon |
| 2020s | 3 tonnes per person | 2.98 tonnes per person | 0.0168 tonnes per person | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Congo or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 2.9 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 Congo and Gabon?
- 0.16 tonnes per person, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Gabon?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Gabon rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Congo ranks 19th and Gabon ranks 16th 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.