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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Kenya: Methane emissions

Democratic Republic of Congo
52.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kenya
53.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
34th
Kenya rank
32nd

Methane emissions over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Kenya
020.0M40.0M60.0M185019372024

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 53.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 52.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Kenya ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 34th and Kenya ranks 32nd 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.