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

Congo
22.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Zambia
21.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Congo rank
100th
Zambia rank
101st

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

  • Congo
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 22.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 21.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Zambia, a difference of 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Zambia ahead.

Congo ranks 100th and Zambia ranks 101st 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.