Central African Republic vs Congo: Methane emissions

Central African Republic
13.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Congo
15.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Central African Republic rank
87th
Congo rank
84th

Methane emissions over time

  • Central African Republic
  • Congo
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M185019372024

How they compare

Congo currently reports 15.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 13.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Central African Republic, a difference of 2.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 87th and Congo ranks 84th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.