Kyrgyzstan vs Sweden: Methane emissions

Kyrgyzstan
7.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Sweden
7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kyrgyzstan rank
114th
Sweden rank
115th

Methane emissions over time

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Sweden
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M185019372024

How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 7.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Sweden, a difference of 42,620 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

Kyrgyzstan ranks 114th and Sweden ranks 115th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kyrgyzstan Sweden Difference Ahead
1850s 801,668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1860s 857,865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1870s 926,171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1880s 1.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1890s 1.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1900s 1.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1910s 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1920s 1.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1930s 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1940s 2.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1950s 2.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1960s 3.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1970s 4.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 12.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1980s 5.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 12.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
1990s 4.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
2000s 4.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 10.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
2010s 6.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden
2020s 7.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 220,714 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Kyrgyzstan or Sweden?
Kyrgyzstan, at 7.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Kyrgyzstan and Sweden?
42,620 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Sweden?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Sweden rank globally for methane emissions?
Kyrgyzstan ranks 114th and Sweden ranks 115th 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.