Democratic Republic of Congo vs Japan: Nitrous oxide emissions

Democratic Republic of Congo

17.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Japan

17.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

35th

Japan rank

34th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 17.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 17.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 347,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 35th and Japan ranks 34th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Nitrous oxide 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: 201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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