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

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.1612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Syria
0.1648 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
160th
Syria rank
159th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 0.1648 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0036 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 160th and Syria ranks 159th 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.