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

Democratic Republic of Congo

20.89 million tonnes

in 2024

Pakistan

30.23 million tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

55th

Pakistan rank

52nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Pakistan currently reports 30.23 million tonnes against 20.89 million tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 9.34 million tonnes.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.4 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Pakistan has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th and Pakistan ranks 52nd 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.