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

Democratic Republic of Congo

648.20 million tonnes

in 2024

Russia

385.88 million tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

2nd

Russia rank

4th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 648.20 million tonnes against 385.88 million tonnes in Russia, a difference of 262.32 million tonnes.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.7 times Russia's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 2nd and Russia ranks 4th 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.