Congo vs Uruguay: Greenhouse gas emissions

Congo

41.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Uruguay

43.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Congo rank

104th

Uruguay rank

101st

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

Congo
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 43.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 41.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Congo, a difference of 1.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Uruguay ahead.

Congo ranks 104th and Uruguay ranks 101st of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Greenhouse gas 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: 199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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