Congo vs Uganda: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Congo

2.89 billion tonnes

in 2024

Uganda

2.96 billion tonnes

in 2024

Congo rank

54th

Uganda rank

53rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Uganda currently reports 2.96 billion tonnes against 2.89 billion tonnes in Congo, a difference of 65.93 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Uganda ahead.

Congo ranks 54th and Uganda ranks 53rd 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.