Afghanistan vs Congo: Methane emissions

Afghanistan
16.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Congo
15.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
82nd
Congo rank
84th

Methane emissions over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Congo
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 16.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 15.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Congo, a difference of 1.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 82nd and Congo ranks 84th 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.