CO₂ emissions per capita: Congo
1.3958335 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3958335 |
| 2023 | 1.3382533 |
| 2022 | 1.446125 |
| 2021 | 1.2546886 |
| 2020 | 1.334534 |
| 2019 | 1.2985657 |
| 2018 | 1.193601 |
| 2017 | 1.056052 |
| 2016 | 1.0966322 |
| 2015 | 1.1057556 |
| 2014 | 1.09952 |
| 2013 | 1.2127337 |
| 2012 | 1.0585532 |
| 2011 | 1.0947329 |
| 2010 | 1.2325344 |
| 2009 | 1.1547306 |
| 2008 | 1.0381061 |
| 2007 | 1.070063 |
| 2006 | 1.2471627 |
| 2005 | 1.1773973 |
| 2004 | 0.99524397 |
| 2003 | 0.94554263 |
| 2002 | 0.81183815 |
| 2001 | 1.2766243 |
| 2000 | 1.3594972 |
| 1999 | 1.2910448 |
| 1998 | 1.3107008 |
| 1997 | 1.6727157 |
| 1996 | 1.4282691 |
| 1995 | 1.1728358 |
| 1994 | 1.2658788 |
| 1993 | 0.44716233 |
| 1992 | 0.51168084 |
| 1991 | 0.4420956 |
| 1990 | 0.4233904 |
| 1989 | 0.6464607 |
| 1988 | 0.6642222 |
| 1987 | 0.60458225 |
| 1986 | 0.5009766 |
| 1985 | 0.61924607 |
| 1984 | 0.5698851 |
| 1983 | 0.5857743 |
| 1982 | 0.70303684 |
| 1981 | 0.25175583 |
| 1980 | 0.2217228 |
| 1979 | 0.19461869 |
| 1978 | 0.18444732 |
| 1977 | 0.2810915 |
| 1976 | 0.74060917 |
| 1975 | 0.67558557 |
| 1974 | 1.0258155 |
| 1973 | 0.7955428 |
| 1972 | 0.44614452 |
| 1971 | 0.47546542 |
| 1970 | 0.40896368 |
| 1969 | 0.3701316 |
| 1968 | 0.34231937 |
| 1967 | 0.25215667 |
| 1966 | 0.24769828 |
| 1965 | 0.20323773 |
| 1964 | 0.22767004 |
| 1963 | 0.20511009 |
| 1962 | 0.21394563 |
| 1961 | 0.2466562 |
| 1960 | 0.2115037 |
| 1959 | 0.18139248 |
| 1958 | 0.2154686 |
| 1957 | 0.19252522 |
| 1956 | 0.18369399 |
| 1955 | 0.14453654 |
| 1954 | 0.14995241 |
| 1953 | 0.14511558 |
| 1952 | 0.17596519 |
| 1951 | 0.13871022 |
| 1950 | 0.10632144 |