Panama vs Rwanda: Methane emissions

Panama
4.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Rwanda
4.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Panama rank
134th
Rwanda rank
131st

Methane emissions over time

  • Panama
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 4.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Panama, a difference of 519,200 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 134th and Rwanda ranks 131st of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 12 and Rwanda in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Panama Rwanda Difference Ahead
1850s 235,068 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 174,448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 60,619 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1860s 268,479 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 179,582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 88,897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1870s 300,136 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 186,059 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 114,078 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1880s 339,646 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 192,876 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 146,770 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1890s 395,563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 200,166 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 195,398 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1900s 482,713 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 209,301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 273,412 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1910s 607,608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 251,860 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 355,748 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1920s 729,813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 349,048 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 380,765 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1930s 904,380 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 488,573 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 415,807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1940s 1.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 719,491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 456,487 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1950s 1.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 87,313 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
1960s 2.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 611,806 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Rwanda
1970s 2.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Rwanda
1980s 3.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Rwanda
1990s 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 686,346 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Rwanda
2000s 3.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 339,171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Panama
2010s 4.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 178,004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Rwanda
2020s 4.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 611,298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Panama or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 4.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Panama as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Panama and Rwanda?
519,200 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Rwanda?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Panama and Rwanda rank globally for methane emissions?
Panama ranks 134th and Rwanda ranks 131st 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.