Congo vs South Sudan: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Congo
17.33 million tonnes
in 2024
South Sudan
15.01 million tonnes
in 2024
Congo rank
38th
South Sudan rank
41st

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Congo
  • South Sudan
-25.0M025.0M50.0M75.0M185019372024

How they compare

Congo currently reports 17.33 million tonnes against 15.01 million tonnes in South Sudan, a difference of 2.31 million tonnes.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times South Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was South Sudan ahead.

Congo ranks 38th and South Sudan ranks 41st 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.