Namibia vs Syria: Methane emissions

Namibia
6.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Syria
6.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Namibia rank
119th
Syria rank
120th

Methane emissions over time

  • Namibia
  • Syria
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M185019372024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 6.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 6.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Syria, a difference of 31,990 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Syria ahead.

Namibia ranks 119th and Syria ranks 120th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 4 and Syria in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Syria Difference Ahead
1850s 465,995 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 822,786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1860s 529,435 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 789,651 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1870s 604,187 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 802,458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1880s 692,622 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 869,145 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1890s 797,802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 825,323 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1900s 923,738 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 540,570 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1910s 1.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 111,841 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1920s 1.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 935,195 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 323,752 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Namibia
1930s 1.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 899,858 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 594,638 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Namibia
1940s 1.89 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 726,648 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Namibia
1950s 2.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 270,889 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Namibia
1960s 4.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 706,618 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1970s 4.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 10.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1980s 3.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 15.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
1990s 4.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 32.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 27.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2000s 5.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 22.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 16.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2010s 5.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2020s 5.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 521,726 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Namibia or Syria?
Namibia, at 6.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 6.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Syria as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Namibia and Syria?
31,990 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Syria?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Syria rank globally for methane emissions?
Namibia ranks 119th and Syria ranks 120th 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.