Australia vs Saudi Arabia: Methane emissions

Australia
135.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
117.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Saudi Arabia rank
14th

Methane emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 135.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 117.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 18.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.

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

Australia ranks 12th and Saudi Arabia ranks 14th 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.