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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Congo

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for Congo (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Congo . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1959 51 0.05 1960 61 0.06 1961 73 0.07 1962 65 0.06 1963 64 0.06 1964 73 0.07 1965 67 0.06 1966 84 0.07 1967 88 0.08 1968 123 0.1 1969 137 0.11 1970 156 0.12 1971 187 0.14 1972 181 0.14 1973 333 0.24 1974 443 0.31 1975 300 0.21 1976 337 0.23 1977 131 0.09 1978 88 0.06 1979 95 0.06 1980 111 0.07 1981 129 0.08 1982 367 0.21 1983 312 0.17 1984 311 0.17 1985 349 0.18 1986 291 0.15 1987 361 0.18 1988 409 0.19 1989 411 0.19 1990 324 0.13 1991 345 0.14 1992 429 0.17 1993 421 0.16 1994 586 0.22 1995 427 0.15 1996 468 0.16 1997 639 0.22 1998 212 0.07 1999 224 0.07 2000 286 0.09 2001 235 0.07 2002 193 0.06 2003 296 0.09 2004 519 0.15 2005 438 0.12 2006 399 0.11 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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