Democratic Republic of Congo vs Niger: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas

Democratic Republic of Congo

251,467 tonnes

in 2024

Niger

570,019 tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

123rd

Niger rank

121st

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time

Niger currently reports 570,019 tonnes against 251,467 tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 318,552 tonnes.

That makes Niger's figure about 2.3 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2019 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 123rd and Niger ranks 121st of 146 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
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: 146 places, 14,474 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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