Kiribati vs Palau: Methane emissions

Kiribati
31,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Palau
37,506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kiribati rank
190th
Palau rank
189th

Methane emissions over time

  • Kiribati
  • Palau
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 37,506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 31,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kiribati, a difference of 6,506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.2 times Kiribati's.

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

Kiribati ranks 190th and Palau ranks 189th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 12 and Palau in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Palau Difference Ahead
1850s 2,397 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 579.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,817 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1860s 2,522 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 656.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,866 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1870s 2,627 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 735.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,891 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1880s 2,742 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 835.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1890s 2,859 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 927.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,931 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1900s 3,070 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 962.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,108 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1910s 3,409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 976.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,433 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1920s 3,708 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 944.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,763 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1930s 4,016 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 923.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,092 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1940s 4,739 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,072 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1950s 6,263 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,414 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,849 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1960s 8,492 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6,666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,826 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kiribati
1970s 11,209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 137,554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 126,345 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Palau
1980s 14,159 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 143,340 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 129,181 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Palau
1990s 16,705 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 144,651 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 127,945 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Palau
2000s 20,882 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 63,067 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 42,186 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Palau
2010s 25,850 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 41,555 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 15,706 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Palau
2020s 29,973 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 37,075 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7,102 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Kiribati or Palau?
Palau, at 37,506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 31,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kiribati as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Kiribati and Palau?
6,506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Palau?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Palau rank globally for methane emissions?
Kiribati ranks 190th and Palau ranks 189th 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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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.