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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Venezuela: Methane emissions

Democratic Republic of Congo
52.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Venezuela
47.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
34th
Venezuela rank
37th

Methane emissions over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Venezuela
050.0M100.0M150.0M185019372024

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 52.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 47.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Venezuela, a difference of 4.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Venezuela's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Venezuela ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 34th and Venezuela ranks 37th 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.