New Zealand vs Peru: Methane emissions

New Zealand
34.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Peru
31.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
New Zealand rank
48th
Peru rank
50th

Methane emissions over time

  • New Zealand
  • Peru
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 34.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 31.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Peru, a difference of 2.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

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

New Zealand ranks 48th and Peru ranks 50th 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.