Cameroon vs Congo: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Cameroon
23.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Congo
22.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Cameroon rank
99th
Congo rank
100th

Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

  • Cameroon
  • Congo
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 23.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 22.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Congo, a difference of 1.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 99th and Congo ranks 100th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
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
198 places, 34,488 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.