Afghanistan vs Belarus: Methane emissions

Afghanistan
16.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Belarus
18.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
82nd
Belarus rank
79th

Methane emissions over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Belarus
5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M185019372024

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 18.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 16.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Belarus's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Belarus has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 82nd and Belarus ranks 79th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.