Canada vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Canada

40.40 billion tonnes

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo

27.18 billion tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

7th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

8th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Canada currently reports 40.40 billion tonnes against 27.18 billion tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 13.22 billion tonnes.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.5 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 7th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 8th of 197 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
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: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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