Canada vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Share of global greenhouse gas emissions

Canada
1.5%
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo
1.3%
in 2024
Canada rank
10th
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
11th

Share of global greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Canada
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 1.5% against 1.3% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 10th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 11th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
%
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
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Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.