Kyrgyzstan vs Tunisia: Methane emissions

Kyrgyzstan
7.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Tunisia
8.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kyrgyzstan rank
114th
Tunisia rank
111th

Methane emissions over time

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tunisia
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M185019372024

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 8.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 7.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 428,750 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Kyrgyzstan's.

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

Kyrgyzstan ranks 114th and Tunisia ranks 111th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 12 and Tunisia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kyrgyzstan Tunisia Difference Ahead
1850s 801,668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 467,547 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 334,122 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1860s 857,865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 520,152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 337,712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1870s 926,171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 609,592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 316,579 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1880s 1.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 706,134 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 294,280 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1890s 1.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 818,533 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 264,075 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1900s 1.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 953,897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 222,307 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1910s 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 165,004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1920s 1.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 59,355 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1930s 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 26,169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1940s 2.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 174,231 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1950s 2.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 183,112 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1960s 3.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 30,207 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Kyrgyzstan
1970s 4.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 642,529 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Tunisia
1980s 5.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Tunisia
1990s 4.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Tunisia
2000s 4.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Tunisia
2010s 6.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Tunisia
2020s 7.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 614,764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Kyrgyzstan or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 8.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 7.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kyrgyzstan as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Kyrgyzstan and Tunisia?
428,750 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Tunisia?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Tunisia rank globally for methane emissions?
Kyrgyzstan ranks 114th and Tunisia ranks 111th 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.