Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Congo

Congo: Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests was 0.6994 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6994
Change on year
down 10.7%
World rank
20th
of 209 countries
All-time high
0.9738
in 2016
All-time low
0.1593
in 2002
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Congo, 1990–2019

0.20.40.60.811990200420191990: 0.5081991: 0.5081992: 0.5081993: 0.5081994: 0.5081995: 0.5081996: 0.4111997: 0.3851998: 0.311999: 0.3482000: 0.2762001: 0.222002: 0.1592003: 0.6612004: 0.5472005: 0.5682006: 0.6582007: 0.4922008: 0.3762009: 0.4382010: 0.6442011: 0.8182012: 0.5242013: 0.5522014: 0.2632015: 0.6132016: 0.9742017: 0.4622018: 0.7832019: 0.699

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

Analysis

In 2019, emission totals - emissions (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests in Congo stood at 0.6994.

The figure is down 10.7% on the previous year and up 59.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests in Congo peaked at 0.9738 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1593, in 2002.

That places Congo 20th out of 209 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Congo, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests in Congo, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 0.5076 —
1991 0.5076 +0.0%
1992 0.5076 +0.0%
1993 0.5076 +0.0%
1994 0.5076 +0.0%
1995 0.5076 +0.0%
1996 0.4113 -19.0%
1997 0.3853 -6.3%
1998 0.3104 -19.4%
1999 0.3479 +12.1%
2000 0.2755 -20.8%
2001 0.2197 -20.3%
2002 0.1593 -27.5%
2003 0.6613 +315.1%
2004 0.5473 -17.2%
2005 0.5681 +3.8%
2006 0.6585 +15.9%
2007 0.4924 -25.2%
2008 0.3757 -23.7%
2009 0.4382 +16.6%
2010 0.6445 +47.1%
2011 0.8178 +26.9%
2012 0.5236 -36.0%
2013 0.5522 +5.5%
2014 0.2632 -52.3%
2015 0.6127 +132.8%
2016 0.9738 +58.9%
2017 0.4621 -52.5%
2018 0.7829 +69.4%
2019 0.6994 -10.7%

Congo compared with similar countries

  • Congo's 0.6994 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0027, 259.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
  • Congo's 0.6994 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0109, 64.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests in 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
2003 +315.1% 0.1593 0.6613

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4501 0.3104 0.5076 10
2000s 0.4396 0.1593 0.6613 10
2010s 0.6332 0.2632 0.9738 10

Countries ranked near Congo

  1. 17 Venezuela 0.9572 compare
  2. 18 South Sudan 0.8474 compare
  3. 19 India 0.71 compare
  4. 21 Paraguay 0.6596 compare
  5. 22 Liberia 0.3656 compare
  6. 23 Ethiopia 0.3582 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests in Congo?
Emission totals - emissions (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests in Congo was 0.6994 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 (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests recorded in Congo?
The highest recorded value was 0.9738 in 2016.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests recorded in Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1593 in 2002.
How does Congo rank for emission totals - emissions (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests?
Congo ranks 20th out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (n2o) - fires in humid tropical forests rising or falling in Congo?
Over the last ten years it is up 59.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this 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 (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests
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, 6,119 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).