Japan vs Nepal: Methane emissions

Japan
28.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Nepal
27.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Japan rank
55th
Nepal rank
58th

Methane emissions over time

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

How they compare

Japan currently reports 28.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 27.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Nepal, a difference of 914,500 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

Japan ranks 55th and Nepal ranks 58th 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.