Congo vs Iraq: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring

Congo

0.5747 tonnes per person

in 2024

Iraq

0.7424 tonnes per person

in 2024

Congo rank

6th

Iraq rank

3rd

Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Iraq currently reports 0.7424 tonnes per person against 0.5747 tonnes per person in Congo, a difference of 0.1677 tonnes per person.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.3 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Iraq ahead.

Congo ranks 6th and Iraq ranks 3rd of 213 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 12,147 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.