Congo - Kinshasa vs Singapore
Congo - Kinshasa vs Singapore: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.06 tonnes in Congo - Kinshasa and 9.75 tonnes in Singapore, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Singapore, by 9.69 tonnes, or 170 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 192 and Singapore ranked 20 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 | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.06 | 9.75 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.06 | 9.48 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.06 | 10 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.05 | 10.22 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.05 | 9.48 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.05 | 9.8 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.05 | 9.61 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.04 | 10.14 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.04 | 9.45 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.04 | 9.97 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.05 | 9.85 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.04 | 9.75 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.04 | 9.44 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.05 | 9.9 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.04 | 9.63 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.04 | 8.77 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.04 | 8.87 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.05 | 9.45 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.04 | 9.54 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.04 | 9.78 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.04 | 10.69 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.04 | 10.31 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.04 | 10.83 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.04 | 11.09 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.04 | 11.3 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.05 | 10.46 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.05 | 10.46 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.06 | 11.11 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.06 | 11.58 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.05 | 11.73 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.06 | 12.18 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.04 | 11.91 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.04 | 10.58 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.05 | 10.68 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.09 | 10.39 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.1 | 8.02 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.11 | 7.81 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.11 | 7.12 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.11 | 7.08 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.12 | 6.95 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.13 | 6.67 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.14 | 6.84 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.11 | 6.44 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.14 | 6.46 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.13 | 6.31 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.14 | 6.37 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.13 | 6.04 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.13 | 5.45 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.13 | 5.04 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.14 | 4.75 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.14 | 4.81 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.14 | 4.69 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.14 | 4.36 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.14 | 3.8 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.15 | 3.86 | 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 Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025Singapore: $70,680 in 2025
- GDP growthCongo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023Singapore: 5% a year in 2025
- InflationCongo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025Singapore: 0.9% a year in 2025
- Government debtCongo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023Singapore: 165.8% of GDP in 2024
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025