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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Iraq: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.1612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Iraq
0.1532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
160th
Iraq rank
162nd

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.1612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Iraq, a difference of 0.008 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iraq ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 160th and Iraq ranks 162nd of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 34,339 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.