# CO₂ emissions per capita: Democratic Republic of Congo

0.05403233 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 105 years from 1920 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](/sources/co2-per-capita) · [All countries and regions](/co2-per-capita).

## Every year

| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 0.05403233 |
| 2023 | 0.05559222 |
| 2022 | 0.057544336 |
| 2021 | 0.043290805 |
| 2020 | 0.04484622 |
| 2019 | 0.044305593 |
| 2018 | 0.04191342 |
| 2017 | 0.0335339 |
| 2016 | 0.031676006 |
| 2015 | 0.04040672 |
| 2014 | 0.064614125 |
| 2013 | 0.05173664 |
| 2012 | 0.038186394 |
| 2011 | 0.042922717 |
| 2010 | 0.03989632 |
| 2009 | 0.036830176 |
| 2008 | 0.04170046 |
| 2007 | 0.04198256 |
| 2006 | 0.038797192 |
| 2005 | 0.03891736 |
| 2004 | 0.03557848 |
| 2003 | 0.037873823 |
| 2002 | 0.032261897 |
| 2001 | 0.031601254 |
| 2000 | 0.033752073 |
| 1999 | 0.044966333 |
| 1998 | 0.05778852 |
| 1997 | 0.0671175 |
| 1996 | 0.076665014 |
| 1995 | 0.06968071 |
| 1994 | 0.06453633 |
| 1993 | 0.065483764 |
| 1992 | 0.07158555 |
| 1991 | 0.08259817 |
| 1990 | 0.11582591 |
| 1989 | 0.122636706 |
| 1988 | 0.1156973 |
| 1987 | 0.11459423 |
| 1986 | 0.10369261 |
| 1985 | 0.115526274 |
| 1984 | 0.12999268 |
| 1983 | 0.13667923 |
| 1982 | 0.1075215 |
| 1981 | 0.1365583 |
| 1980 | 0.13047086 |
| 1979 | 0.14447933 |
| 1978 | 0.14108023 |
| 1977 | 0.14350416 |
| 1976 | 0.14412801 |
| 1975 | 0.14042707 |
| 1974 | 0.15008286 |
| 1973 | 0.14610703 |
| 1972 | 0.14197828 |
| 1971 | 0.14296153 |
| 1970 | 0.1345586 |
| 1969 | 0.1864054 |
| 1968 | 0.17704569 |
| 1967 | 0.12396888 |
| 1966 | 0.13397965 |
| 1965 | 0.141643 |
| 1964 | 0.11642198 |
| 1963 | 0.13888636 |
| 1962 | 0.1351074 |
| 1961 | 0.15038513 |
| 1960 | 0.15188551 |
| 1959 | 0.18124133 |
| 1958 | 0.20098944 |
| 1957 | 0.23371981 |
| 1956 | 0.22791511 |
| 1955 | 0.2485311 |
| 1954 | 0.21106277 |
| 1953 | 0.17514053 |
| 1952 | 0.16275351 |
| 1951 | 0.13927646 |
| 1950 | 0.12034389 |
| 1949 | 0.03944221 |
| 1948 | 0.03149575 |
| 1947 | 0.02792498 |
| 1946 | 0.027113287 |
| 1945 | 0.015224402 |
| 1944 | 0.015466659 |
| 1943 | 0.020082308 |
| 1942 | 0.013256618 |
| 1941 | 0.009665892 |
| 1940 | 0.0073594586 |
| 1939 | 0.008523885 |
| 1938 | 0.011886542 |
| 1937 | 0.010210881 |
| 1936 | 0.004058649 |
| 1935 | 0.0033607418 |
| 1934 | 0.0018885212 |
| 1933 | 0.00037981215 |
| 1932 | 0.00542055 |
| 1931 | 0.026666913 |
| 1930 | 0.042094447 |
| 1929 | 0.033379856 |
| 1928 | 0.031374607 |
| 1927 | 0.026025862 |
| 1926 | 0.027207011 |
| 1925 | 0.019932797 |
| 1924 | 0.025352765 |
| 1923 | 0.019157061 |
| 1922 | 0.00970514 |
| 1921 | 0.00089061266 |
| 1920 | 0.00044779727 |

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