TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Formerly Zaire)

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo (Formerly Zaire) (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Formerly Zaire) . 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 1920 1 N/A 1921 2 N/A 1922 22 N/A 1923 44 N/A 1924 59 N/A 1925 47 N/A 1926 65 N/A 1927 63 N/A 1928 77 N/A 1929 83 N/A 1930 106 N/A 1931 68 N/A 1932 14 N/A 1933 1 N/A 1934 5 N/A 1935 9 N/A 1936 11 N/A 1937 28 N/A 1938 33 N/A 1939 24 N/A 1940 21 N/A 1941 28 N/A 1942 39 N/A 1943 60 N/A 1944 47 N/A 1945 47 N/A 1946 85 N/A 1947 89 N/A 1948 102 N/A 1949 130 N/A 1950 404 0.03 1951 477 0.04 1952 569 0.04 1953 625 0.05 1954 769 0.06 1955 925 0.07 1956 867 0.06 1957 909 0.06 1958 799 0.05 1959 737 0.05 1960 633 0.04 1961 643 0.04 1962 593 0.04 1963 626 0.04 1964 539 0.03 1965 674 0.04 1966 656 0.04 1967 625 0.03 1968 919 0.05 1969 996 0.05 1970 740 0.04 1971 808 0.04 1972 824 0.04 1973 871 0.04 1974 919 0.04 1975 883 0.04 1976 931 0.04 1977 951 0.04 1978 965 0.04 1979 1024 0.04 1980 955 0.04 1981 1030 0.04 1982 838 0.03 1983 1098 0.04 1984 1081 0.04 1985 993 0.03 1986 921 0.03 1987 1051 0.03 1988 1096 0.03 1989 1198 0.03 1990 1110 0.03 1991 1024 0.03 1992 923 0.02 1993 876 0.02 1994 716 0.02 1995 704 0.02 1996 706 0.02 1997 693 0.01 1998 691 0.01 1999 613 0.01 2000 449 0.01 2001 427 0.01 2002 434 0.01 2003 443 0.01 2004 574 0.01 2005 585 0.01 2006 600 0.01 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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