Democratic Republic of Congo CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Democratic Republic of Congo emit in 2006?

Democratic Republic of Congo emitted 2.35 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006?

In 2006, Democratic Republic of Congo emitted 0.04 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 58381636.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 2.35 million tonnes emitted by Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 1.33 0.02
Gas 0.02 0.0
Coal 0.02 0.0
Cement 0.2 0.0
Flaring 0.78 0.01

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