Japan vs Mali: Methane emissions

Japan
28.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Mali
29.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Japan rank
55th
Mali rank
54th

Methane emissions over time

  • Japan
  • Mali
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M185019372024

How they compare

Mali currently reports 29.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 28.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Japan, a difference of 228,700 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

Japan ranks 55th and Mali ranks 54th of 199 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Mali Difference Ahead
1850s 8.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1860s 9.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1870s 9.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1880s 10.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1890s 12.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1900s 14.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 10.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1910s 18.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.47 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 13.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1920s 21.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 16.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1930s 24.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 19.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1940s 30.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 24.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1950s 42.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 35.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1960s 61.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 52.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1970s 66.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 57.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1980s 58.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 48.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
1990s 50.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 39.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
2000s 39.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 15.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 23.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
2010s 32.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 22.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 10.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan
2020s 29.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 27.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Japan or Mali?
Mali, at 29.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 28.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Japan and Mali?
228,700 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mali?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Japan and Mali rank globally for methane emissions?
Japan ranks 55th and Mali ranks 54th 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.