Congo vs Ecuador: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Congo

95.52 million tonnes

in 2024

Ecuador

88.28 million tonnes

in 2024

Congo rank

37th

Ecuador rank

38th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Congo currently reports 95.52 million tonnes against 88.28 million tonnes in Ecuador, a difference of 7.25 million tonnes.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Ecuador ahead.

Congo ranks 37th and Ecuador ranks 38th 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.