Congo vs Gabon: Methane emissions

Congo
15.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Gabon
14.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Congo rank
84th
Gabon rank
85th

Methane emissions over time

  • Congo
  • Gabon
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 15.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 14.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Gabon, a difference of 806,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 84th and Gabon ranks 85th 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.