Congo vs Iraq: Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems

Congo
41.62 million tonnes CO₂e
in 2015
Iraq
37.07 million tonnes CO₂e
in 2015
Congo rank
66th
Iraq rank
69th

Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems over time

  • Congo
  • Iraq
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M199020022015

How they compare

Congo currently reports 41.62 million tonnes CO₂e against 37.07 million tonnes CO₂e in Iraq, a difference of 4.54 million tonnes CO₂e.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 66th and Iraq ranks 69th of 217 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems
Unit
tonnes CO₂e
Source
Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 5,642 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.