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Australia vs Ethiopia: Methane emissions

Australia
135.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Ethiopia
119.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Ethiopia rank
13th

Methane emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Ethiopia
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M185019372024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 135.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 119.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Ethiopia, a difference of 16.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Ethiopia ranks 13th 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.