Democratic Republic of Congo CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Democratic Republic of Congo emit in 2017?

Democratic Republic of Congo emitted 3.1 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. 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 2017?

In 2017, Democratic Republic of Congo emitted 0.04 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 84283272.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 3.1 million tonnes emitted by Democratic Republic of Congo in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 2.35 0.03
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.05 0.0
Cement 0.35 0.0
Flaring 0.35 0.0

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