Croatia vs Papua New Guinea: Methane emissions

Croatia
3.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Croatia rank
140th
Papua New Guinea rank
137th

Methane emissions over time

  • Croatia
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Croatia, a difference of 661,100 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Croatia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 140th and Papua New Guinea ranks 137th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 17 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1850s 864,524 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 480,252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 384,272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1860s 935,489 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 564,511 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 370,978 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1870s 1.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 652,363 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 383,554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1880s 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 766,849 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 380,098 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1890s 1.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 882,142 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 388,864 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1900s 1.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 945,296 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 452,410 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1910s 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 540,045 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1920s 1.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 980,742 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 823,243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1930s 2.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 937,126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1940s 2.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 837,306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1950s 3.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 710,530 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1960s 3.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 776,572 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1970s 4.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1980s 4.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1990s 3.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
2000s 3.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 521,713 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
2010s 3.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 668,514 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
2020s 3.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 441,042 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Croatia or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 3.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Croatia as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Croatia and Papua New Guinea?
661,100 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Papua New Guinea?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Croatia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for methane emissions?
Croatia ranks 140th and Papua New Guinea ranks 137th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.