Congo - Kinshasa vs Poland
Congo - Kinshasa vs Poland: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.06 tonnes in Congo - Kinshasa and 7.55 tonnes in Poland, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by 7.49 tonnes, or 130 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 192 and Poland ranked 29 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.06 | 7.55 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.06 | 7.65 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.06 | 8.36 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.05 | 8.76 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.05 | 7.91 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.05 | 8.22 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.05 | 8.68 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.04 | 8.7 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.04 | 8.34 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.04 | 8.05 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.05 | 7.96 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.04 | 8.28 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.04 | 8.4 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.05 | 8.59 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.04 | 8.66 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.04 | 8.16 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.04 | 8.51 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.05 | 8.67 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.04 | 8.67 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.04 | 8.31 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.04 | 8.32 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.04 | 8.25 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.04 | 7.91 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.04 | 8.1 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.04 | 8.18 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.05 | 8.4 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.05 | 8.64 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.06 | 9.38 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.06 | 9.64 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.05 | 9.24 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.06 | 9.2 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.04 | 9.38 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.04 | 9.39 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.05 | 9.65 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.09 | 9.75 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.1 | 11.78 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.11 | 12.37 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.11 | 12.7 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.11 | 12.34 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.12 | 12.22 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.13 | 12.04 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.14 | 11.74 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.11 | 11.74 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.14 | 11.67 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.13 | 12.83 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.14 | 12.62 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.13 | 12.7 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.13 | 12 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.13 | 11.69 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.14 | 11.08 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.14 | 10.74 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.14 | 10.45 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.14 | 10.01 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.14 | 9.69 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.15 | 9.46 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025