Afghanistan vs Congo: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Afghanistan
18.25 million tonnes
in 2024
Congo
17.33 million tonnes
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
37th
Congo rank
38th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Congo
-20.0M020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M185019372024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 18.25 million tonnes against 17.33 million tonnes in Congo, a difference of 921,100 tonnes.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Congo ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 37th and Congo ranks 38th of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.