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

Democratic Republic of Congo

20.89 million tonnes

in 2024

Peru

27.05 million tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

55th

Peru rank

53rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Peru currently reports 27.05 million tonnes against 20.89 million tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 6.16 million tonnes.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.3 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th and Peru ranks 53rd 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.