Afghanistan vs Ireland: Methane emissions

Afghanistan
16.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Ireland
17.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
82nd
Ireland rank
81st

Methane emissions over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Ireland
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 17.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 16.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

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

Afghanistan ranks 82nd and Ireland ranks 81st 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.