Ecuador vs Turkmenistan: Methane emissions

Ecuador
21.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Turkmenistan
23.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Ecuador rank
70th
Turkmenistan rank
67th

Methane emissions over time

  • Ecuador
  • Turkmenistan
010.0M20.0M30.0M185019372024

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 23.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 21.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Ecuador, a difference of 1.84 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Turkmenistan's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

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

Ecuador ranks 70th and Turkmenistan ranks 67th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 16 and Turkmenistan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
1850s 903,210 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 549,441 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 353,769 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1860s 999,820 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 589,153 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 410,667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1870s 1.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 644,910 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 450,218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1880s 1.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 720,593 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 502,895 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1890s 1.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 842,260 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 512,239 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1900s 1.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 949,514 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 605,340 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1910s 1.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 767,906 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1920s 1.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 897,526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1930s 2.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 938,889 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1940s 3.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1950s 4.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 759,319 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1960s 5.89 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 929,773 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Turkmenistan
1970s 9.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 140,032 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1980s 14.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 12.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
1990s 20.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
2000s 21.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 20.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
2010s 24.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 23.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 440,630 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Ecuador
2020s 22.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 23.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Ecuador or Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan, at 23.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 21.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Ecuador as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Ecuador and Turkmenistan?
1.84 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Turkmenistan?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Ecuador and Turkmenistan rank globally for methane emissions?
Ecuador ranks 70th and Turkmenistan ranks 67th 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.