Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Methane emissions

Canada

115.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

117.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Canada rank

15th

Saudi Arabia rank

14th

Methane emissions over time

Canada
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 117.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 115.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Canada, a difference of 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 15th and Saudi Arabia ranks 14th of 199 countries.

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Methane emissions in Canada
Methane emissions in Saudi Arabia
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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