Democratic Republic of Congo vs Panama: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement

Democratic Republic of Congo

16.44 million tonnes

in 2024

Panama

17.85 million tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

114th

Panama rank

112th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement over time

Panama currently reports 17.85 million tonnes against 16.44 million tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.40 million tonnes.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 77 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 114th and Panama ranks 112th of 211 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
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: 211 places, 24,035 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.