Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires was 23,187 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
23,187
Change on year
up 7.4%
World rank
1st
of 209 countries
All-time high
35,226
in 1998
All-time low
13,772
in 2001
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1990–2019

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k1990200420191990: 25.3k1991: 25.3k1992: 25.3k1993: 25.3k1994: 25.3k1995: 25.3k1996: 27.2k1997: 34.3k1998: 35.2k1999: 28.9k2000: 25.5k2001: 13.8k2002: 20.6k2003: 24.4k2004: 25.5k2005: 25.8k2006: 27.2k2007: 22.9k2008: 25.0k2009: 24.6k2010: 25.5k2011: 26.1k2012: 24.3k2013: 24.8k2014: 23.6k2015: 26.0k2016: 26.2k2017: 25.1k2018: 21.6k2019: 23.2k

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

Democratic Republic of Congo recorded 23,187 for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in 2019.

The figure is up 7.4% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 35,226 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13,772, in 2001.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 25,299 —
1991 25,299 +0.0%
1992 25,299 +0.0%
1993 25,299 +0.0%
1994 25,299 +0.0%
1995 25,299 +0.0%
1996 27,215 +7.6%
1997 34,293 +26.0%
1998 35,226 +2.7%
1999 28,857 -18.1%
2000 25,539 -11.5%
2001 13,772 -46.1%
2002 20,605 +49.6%
2003 24,395 +18.4%
2004 25,544 +4.7%
2005 25,786 +0.9%
2006 27,167 +5.4%
2007 22,932 -15.6%
2008 24,997 +9.0%
2009 24,575 -1.7%
2010 25,454 +3.6%
2011 26,067 +2.4%
2012 24,291 -6.8%
2013 24,774 +2.0%
2014 23,601 -4.7%
2015 25,986 +10.1%
2016 26,199 +0.8%
2017 25,132 -4.1%
2018 21,587 -14.1%
2019 23,187 +7.4%

Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries

  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 23,187 is above the median for low income countries, which is 33.16, 699.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 23,187 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 23.24, 997.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2002 +49.6% 13,772 20,605
2001 -46.1% 25,539 13,772

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 27,739 25,299 35,226 10
2000s 23,531 13,772 27,167 10
2010s 24,628 21,587 26,199 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires in Democratic Republic of Congo was 23,187 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The highest recorded value was 35,226 in 1998.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 13,772 in 2001.
How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - forest fires rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 6,120 data points, 1990–2019
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).