Brazil vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Brazil

1.60 billion tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo

648.20 million tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

1st

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

2nd

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Brazil currently reports 1.60 billion tonnes against 648.20 million tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 951.47 million tonnes.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.5 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 1st and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 2nd of 197 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.