Congo vs Namibia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

Congo

70.59 million tonnes

in 2024

Namibia

78.21 million tonnes

in 2024

Congo rank

149th

Namibia rank

146th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

Namibia currently reports 78.21 million tonnes against 70.59 million tonnes in Congo, a difference of 7.63 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 149th and Namibia ranks 146th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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