Democratic Republic of Congo vs Denmark: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Democratic Republic of Congo

20.89 million tonnes

in 2024

Denmark

19.07 million tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

55th

Denmark rank

58th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 20.89 million tonnes against 19.07 million tonnes in Denmark, a difference of 1.82 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Denmark ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th and Denmark ranks 58th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
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: 215 places, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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